Variations on the bilingual advantage? Links of Chinese and English proficiency to chinese American children's self-regulation

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Stephen H ^a   Zhou, Qing ^b   Uchikoshi, Yuuko ^c   Bunge, Silvia A ^b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Immigrant children; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907187932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01069     Document Type: Article

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