The Familial Context of Adolescent Language Brokering Within Immigrant Chinese Families in Canada

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 894-906

  Hua, Josephine M ^a   Costigan, Catherine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chinese immigrant families; Language brokering; Parent child relationship; Psychological health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIGRATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TRANSLATING;

EID: 84862207038     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9682-2     Document Type: Article

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