Familismo in Mexican and Dominican Families From Low-Income,Urban Communities

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1696-1724

  Calzada, Esther J ^a   Tamis LeMonda, Catherine S ^a   Yoshikawa, Hirokazu ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural values; familismo; Latinos; risk and protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886517439     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X12460218     Document Type: Article

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