Ethnie identity among chinese Canadian youth: A review of the Canadian literature

Canadian Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 261-272

  Costigan, Catherine ^a   Su, Tina F ^a   Hua, Josephine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chinese; Ethnic identity; Immigrants; Literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649114575     PISSN: 07085591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016880     Document Type: Article

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