Family conflict among Chinese- and Mexican-origin adolescents and their parents in the U.S.: An introduction

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

Volumn 2012, Issue 135, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Juang, Linda P ^a   Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861440034     PISSN: 15203247     EISSN: 15348687     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/cd.20001     Document Type: Article

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