Ethnic differences in trajectories of family cohesion for Mexican American and non-hispanic white adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 583-592

  Baer, Judith C ^a   Schmitz, Mark F ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescents; Family cohesion; Hierarchical linear modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248229119     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9177-3     Document Type: Article

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