Acculturation-based and everyday family conflict in Chinese American families

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

Volumn 2012, Issue 135, 2012, Pages 13-34

  Juang, Linda P ^a   Syed, Moin ^b   Cookston, Jeffrey T ^c   Wang, Yijie ^d   Kim, Su Yeong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861451632     PISSN: 15203247     EISSN: 15348687     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/cd.20002     Document Type: Article

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