Social Functioning and Adjustment in Canadian-Born Children With Chinese and European Backgrounds

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1184-1189

  Chen, Xinyin ^a   Tse, Hennis Chi Hang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese Canadian children; ethnic background; peer relationships; social functioning

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VICTIM;

ACCULTURATION; AGGRESSION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CANADA; CHILD; CHINA; CRIME VICTIMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SHYNESS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 47249162104     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.4.1184     Document Type: Article

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