Meaning in Life as a Mediator of Ethnic Identity and Adjustment Among Adolescents from Latin, Asian, and European American Backgrounds

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1253-1264

  Kiang, Lisa ^a   Fuligni, Andrew J ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescents; Ethnic identity; Meaning in life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 78650632135     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9475-z     Document Type: Article

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