Mother-adolescent language proficiency and adolescent academic and emotional adjustment among Chinese American families

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 572-586

  Liu, Lisa L ^a   Benner, Aprile D ^b   Lau, Anna S ^a   Kim, Su Yeong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Chinese American families; Emotional adjustment; Language proficiency

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 61849101014     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9358-8     Document Type: Article

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