A qualitative analysis of vietnamese adolescent identity exploration within and outside an ethnic enclave

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 672-690

  Vo Jutabha, Easter Dawn ^a   Dinh, Khanh T ^b   McHale, James P ^c   Valsiner, Jaan ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic enclave; Identity exploration; Immigrant youth; Qualitative analysis; Vietnamese adolescents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; MIGRATION; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIGRANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CAREER CHOICE; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT;

EID: 63449095922     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9365-9     Document Type: Article

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