Filial responsibility expectations among mexican american undergraduates: Gender and biculturalism

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 168-182

  Rudolph, Bonnie ^a   Chavez, Mary ^a   Quintana, Fernando ^a   Salinas, Gilberto ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biculturalism; elder care expectations; gender; Mexican American undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959702791     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: 15525716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192710397732     Document Type: Article

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