Parental overprotection, cultural value conflict, and psychological adaptation among Asian Indian women in America

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 235-251

  Varghese, Anita ^a   Jenkins, Sharon Rae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Indian; Cultural value conflict; Depression; Immigrant women; Parental overprotection; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349871379     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9620-x     Document Type: Article

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