Latino Parent and Adolescent Perceptions of Hoped-for and Feared Possible Selves for Adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-240

  Halfond, Raquel ^a,b   Corona, Rosalie ^b   Moon, Anya ^b,c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; Latino; parents; possible selves; school achievement; teen pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872960994     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558412457818     Document Type: Article

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