Language, culture, and adaptation in immigrant children

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 697-717

  Toppelberg, Claudio O ^a,b   Collins, Brian A ^c  

^a JUDGE BAKER CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual; Development; Dual language; Immigrant; Minority; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUTISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GUIDANCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTILINGUALISM; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149241957     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2010.07.003     Document Type: Review

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