Acculturation, social support, and family conflict: Korean-American adolescents' perceptions

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-240

  Moon, Sung Seek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Child parent relationship; Family conflict; Korean family; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249088687     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-008-0123-3     Document Type: Article

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