Relation of Filial Responsibility to the Personal and Social Adjustment of Latino Adolescents From Immigrant Families

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-22

  Kuperminc, Gabriel P ^a   Jurkovic, Gregory J ^a   Casey, Sean ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

family responsibility; immigrant families; Latino adolescents; psychological functioning; social competence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 60849115553     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014064     Document Type: Article

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