Parent-Child Acculturation Discrepancy, Perceived Parental Knowledge, Peer Deviance, and Adolescent Delinquency in Chinese Immigrant Families

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 907-919

  Wang, Yijie ^a   Kim, Su Yeong ^a   Anderson, Edward R ^a   Chen, Angela Chia Chen ^b   Yan, Ni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Delinquency; Deviant peers; Parent child acculturation; Parental knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; KNOWLEDGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; KNOWLEDGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862159075     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9705-z     Document Type: Article

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