Intergenerational Cultural Dissonance in Parent-Adolescent Relationships Among Chinese and European Americans

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 493-508

  Wu, Chunxia ^a   Chao, Ruth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese immigrants; Intergenerational cultural dissonance; Open communication; Parent adolescent relationships; Parental warmth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952597232     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021063     Document Type: Article

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