Child maltreatment among Asian Americans: Characteristics and explanatory framework

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-224

  Zhai, Fuhua ^a,c   Gao, Qin ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Child maltreatment; Childrearing practices; Cultural customs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63849112795     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559508326286     Document Type: Article

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