Asset and Protective Factors for Asian American Children's Mental Health Adjustment

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 312-319

  Zhou, Qing ^a   Tao, Annie ^a   Chen, Stephen H ^a   Main, Alexandra ^a   Lee, Erica ^a   Ly, Jennifer ^a   Hua, Michelle ^a   Li, Xiaowei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian American; Mental health; Protective factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865285914     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2012.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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