Acculturation and adjustment among immigrant chinese parents: Mediating role of parenting efficacy

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-196

  Costigan, Catherine L ^a   Koryzma, Céline M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Immigrant parents; Parenting efficacy; Psychological adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIGRATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CHINA; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 79954488403     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021696     Document Type: Article

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