Who am I? Ethnic identity formation of Arab muslim children in contemporary U.S. society

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 853-857

  Britto, P Rebello ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARAB; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MOSLEM; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIETY; UNITED STATES; ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ARABS; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; ISLAM; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149189253     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181799fa6     Document Type: Article

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