Cultural and contextual influences on parenting in Mexican American families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-79

  White, Rebecca M B ^a,c   Roosa, Mark W ^a,d   Weaver, Scott R ^b   Nair, Rajni L ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Economics   (United States)

^d School of Social and Family Dynamics   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Economic hardship; Mexican American; Neighborhood; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849136208     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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