Parent-Child Acculturation, Parenting, and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Immigrant Families

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 426-437

  Kim, Su Yeong ^a   Chen, Qi ^b   Li, Jing ^a   Huang, Xuan ^a   Moon, Ui Jeong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; adolescence; Chinese; depressive symptoms; parenting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 67650132673     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016019     Document Type: Article

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