Segmented assimilation theory and the life model: An integrated approach to understanding immigrants and their children

Social Work

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 270-277

  Piedra, Lissette M ^a   Engstrom, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Assimilation; Immigrants; Life model; Second generation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; SOCIAL WORK; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACCULTURATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 67651149631     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/54.3.270     Document Type: Article

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