Resilience and Well-Being Among Children of Migrant Parents in South-East Asia

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1672-1688

  Jordan, Lucy P ^a   Graham, Elspeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84866182889     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01810.x     Document Type: Article

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