Experiences of Discrimination Among Chinese American Adolescents and the Consequences for Socioemotional and Academic Development

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1682-1694

  Benner, Aprile D ^a   Kim, Su Yeong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

academic performance; acculturation; Asian American; discrimination; socioemotional adjustment

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACCULTURATION; ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 72149130584     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016119     Document Type: Article

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