Socioeconomic status, ethnicity, culture, and immigration: Examining the potential mechanisms underlying Mexican-origin adolescents' organized activity participation

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 706-721

  Simpkins, Sandra D ^a   Delgado, Melissa Y ^b   Price, Chara D ^a   Quach, Alex ^a   Starbuck, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracurricular activities; Immigration; Latino; Mexican; Organized activities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIGRATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84876120467     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028399     Document Type: Article

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