Father, mother and me: Parental value orientations and child self-identity in asian american immigrants

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 7-8 SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages 600-610

  Koh, Jessie Bee Kim ^a   Shao, Yi ^a   Wang, Qi ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American family; Ethnic value; Identity; Parent child relationship; Self; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 63749130535     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9550-z     Document Type: Article

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