"Hay Que Ponerse en los Zapatos del Joven": Adaptive Parenting of Adolescent Children Among Mexican-American Parents Residing in a Dangerous Neighborhood

Family Process

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-114

  Cruz Santiago, Michelle ^a   Ramírez García, Jorge I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cultural Values; Latino Families; Neighborhoods; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POVERTY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79952087462     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01348.x     Document Type: Article

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