Transmission of Cultural Values among Mexican-Origin Parents and Their Adolescent and Emerging Adult Offspring

Family Process

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 232-246

  Perez Brena, Norma J ^a   Updegraff, Kimberly A ^b   Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cultural Values; Emerging Adulthood; Mexican Origin; Parent Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ADULT CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MEXICO; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930754917     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/famp.12114     Document Type: Article

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