Academic trajectories of newcomer immigrant youth

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 602-618

  Suárez Orozco, Carola ^a   Gaytán, Francisco X ^b   Bang, Hee Jin ^c   Pakes, Juliana ^d   O'Connor, Erin ^a   Rhodes, Jean ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c William T Grant Foundation   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic trajectories; Adolescence; Immigrants; Mixed methods

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICO; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77954841968     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018201     Document Type: Article

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