Normative changes in ethnic and american identities and links with adjustment among asian american adolescents

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1713-1722

  Kiang, Lisa ^a   Witkow, Melissa R ^b   Champagne, Mariette C ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescents; American identity; Ethnic identity; Normative change

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ASIAN AMERICANS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84883513138     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030840     Document Type: Article

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