Filial Responsibility Among Mexican American College Students: A Pilot Investigation and Comparison

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-78

  Rudolph, Bonnie ^a   Cornelius White, Cecily ^a   Quintana, Fernando ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; familism; filial responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349088557     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192704271667     Document Type: Article

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