Psychological and family well-being of unaccompanied Mexican child migrants sent back from the U.S. border region of Sonora-Arizona

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-123

  Sotomayor Peterson, Marcela ^a   Montiel Carbajal, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Depression; Family separation; Psychological well being; Unaccompanied Mexican child migrants; Undocumented child migrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905057636     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: 15526364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986314523560     Document Type: Article

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