Acculturation gaps in Vietnamese immigrant families: Impact on family relationships

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-33

  Ho, Joyce ^a   Birman, Dina ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation gap; Adolescents; Family relationship; Vietnamese families

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049085520     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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