Poverty, Loss, and Resilience: The Story of Chinese Immigrant Youth

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-48

  Yeh, Christine J ^a   Kim, Angela B ^b   Pituc, Stephanie T ^a   Atkins, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian immigrant youth; Chinese immigrant; cultural adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649084753     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.55.1.34     Document Type: Article

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