The contribution of ethnic minority status to adaptive style: A comparison of Mexican, Mexican American, and European American children

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-33

  Varela, R Enrique ^a   Steele, Ric G ^b   Benson, Eric R ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive style; Children; Coping; Culture; Latin American; Mexican; Repressive adaptive style (RAS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751400611     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022106295439     Document Type: Article

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