The impact of language status as an acculturative stressor on internalizing and externalizing behaviors among Latino/a children: A longitudinal analysis from school entry through third grade

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-411

  Araújo Dawson, Beverly ^a   Williams, Sheara A ^b  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing and internalizing behavior; Language status; Latino a students; Limited English proficiency (LEP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 40449117325     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9233-z     Document Type: Article

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