Misconduct among Chinese American adolescents: The role of acculturation, family obligation, and autonomy expectations

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 649-666

  Juang, Linda P ^a   Nguyen, Huong H ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Chinese American adolescents; Family obligation; Misconduct

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349322710     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022109335185     Document Type: Article

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