Psychology of Asian American children: Contributions of cultural heritage and the minority experience

Handbook of Race and Development in Mental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 147-167

  Liu, Lisa L ^a   Wang, Shu wen ^a   Fung, Joey ^a   Gudiño, Omar G ^b   Tao, Annie ^c   Lau, Anna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0424-8_9     Document Type: Chapter

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