Positive marital quality, acculturative stress, and child outcomes among Mexican Americans

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 833-847

  Leidy, Melinda S ^a   Parke, Ross D ^a   Cladis, Mina ^a   Coltrane, Scott ^b   Duffy, Sharon ^a  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Child outcomes; Hispanic Americans; Marital satisfaction; Middle childhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350517001     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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