Navigating cultural worlds and negotiating identities: A conceptual model

Human Development

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-25

  Mistry, Jayanthi ^a   Wu, Jean ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible identities; Immigration; Multiple cultural worlds

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IMMIGRATION; INDIA; INDIVIDUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950682866     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000268136     Document Type: Review

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