Parent-child cultural orientations and child adjustment in Chinese American immigrant families

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 189-201

  Chen, Stephen H ^a   Hua, Michelle ^a   Zhou, Qing ^a   Tao, Annie ^a   Lee, Erica H ^a   Ly, Jennifer ^a   Main, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child adjustment; Cultural orientation; Immigrant families

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT; MULTILINGUALISM; ORIENTATION; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTILINGUALISM; ORIENTATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84891792012     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032473     Document Type: Article

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