Mothers' racial, ethnic, and cultural socialization of transracially adopted Asian children

Family Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 390-402

  Johnston, Kristen E ^a   Swim, Janet K ^a   Saltsman, Brian M ^a   Deater Deckard, Kirby ^b   Petrill, Stephen A ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian families; Cultural socialization; International adoption; Parenting behaviors; Racial and ethnic socialization; Transracial adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548536734     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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