Hmong American sons and daughters: Exploring mechanisms of parent-child acculturation conflicts

Asian American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 100-108

  Bahrassa, Nazneen F ^a   Juan, Mary Joyce D ^a   Lee, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

dissonant acculturation; gender differences; Hmong American; parent child conflict; perceived control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875695201     PISSN: 19481985     EISSN: 19481993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028451     Document Type: Article

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