Acculturation, Economic Stress, Social Relationships and School Satisfaction Among Migrant Children in Urban China

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 507-531

  Fang, Lue ^a   Sun, Rachel C F ^a   Yuen, Mantak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Acculturation; China; Migrant students; School satisfaction; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919343672     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: 15737780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-014-9604-6     Document Type: Article

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