A Qualitative Analysis of What Latino Parents and Adolescents Think and Feel About Language Brokering

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 788-798

  Corona, Rosalie ^a   Stevens, Lillian F ^a   Halfond, Raquel W ^a   Shaffer, Carla M ^a   Reid Quiñones, Kathryn ^a   Gonzalez, Tanya ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b City of Richmond Hispanic Liaison Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Family relationship; Immigrant children; Language brokering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866289300     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-011-9536-2     Document Type: Article

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