Family Economic Stress and Academic Well-Being Among Chinese-American Youth: The Influence of Adolescents' Perceptions of Economic Strain

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-290

  Mistry, Rashmita S ^a   Benner, Aprile D ^b   Tan, Connie S ^a   Kim, Su Yeong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese American adolescents; educational outcomes; family economic stress; immigrant families

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67650115171     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015403     Document Type: Article

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