Factors associated with parent-child (dis)agreement on child behavior and parenting problems in chinese immigrant families

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 314-327

  Fung, Joey J ^a   Lau, Anna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951738723     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374411003691693     Document Type: Article

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