Korean American adolescents' and their parents' perceptions of acculturative stress

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 203-210

  Choi, Heeseung ^a   Dancy, Barbara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Korean American adolescent; Parent; Perception of acculturative stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651417264     PISSN: 10736077     EISSN: 17446171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2009.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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