Ethnic Socialization and the Academic Adjustment of Adolescents From Mexican, Chinese, and European Backgrounds

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1202-1208

  Huynh, Virginia W ^a   Fuligni, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

academic adjustment; Chinese; ethnic socialization; Mexican

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MOTIVATION; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47249155783     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.4.1202     Document Type: Article

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