The familial socialization of culturally related values in Mexican American families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 913-925

  Knight, George P ^a   Berkel, Cady ^a   Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^a   Gonzales, Nancy A ^a   Ettekal, Idean ^a   Jaconis, Maryanne ^a   Boyd, Brenna M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural values; Ethnic identity; Ethnic socialization; Mexican American families

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053303167     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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