How Much Do I Tell Thee? Strategies for Managing Information to Parents Among American Adolescents From Chinese, Mexican, and European Backgrounds

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 364-374

  Tasopoulos Chan, Marina ^a   Smetana, Judith G ^a   Yau, Jenny P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent adjustment; adolescent parent relationships; ethnic minority adolescents; information management strategies; lying versus disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECUMBENCY; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION; DECEPTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650110116     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015816     Document Type: Article

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