Mother-daughter conflict and adjustment in Mexican-origin families: Exploring the role of family and sociocultural context

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

Volumn 2012, Issue 135, 2012, Pages 59-81

  Updegraff, Kimberly A ^a   Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^a   Perez Brena, Norma J ^a   Pflieger, Jacqueline ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; ROLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861420386     PISSN: 15203247     EISSN: 15348687     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/cd.20004     Document Type: Article

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