Ethnic Identity, Achievement, and Psychological Adjustment: Examining Risk and Resilience Among Youth From Immigrant Chinese Families in Canada

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 264-273

  Costigan, Catherine L ^a   Koryzma, Céline M ^a   Hua, Josephine M ^a   Chance, Lauren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

achievement; adolescents; Chinese; ethnic identity; psychological adjustment

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; SYMPTOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 77952103889     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017275     Document Type: Article

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