Development of a mentoring program for Chinese immigrant adolescents' cultural adjustment

Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 168, 2007, Pages 733-747

  Yeh, Christine J ^c   Ching, Alison M ^a   Okubo, Yuki ^b   Luthar, Suniya S ^b  

^a Fred Finch Youth Center   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHER; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTORS; NEW YORK CITY; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST;

EID: 38849168896     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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