What Can We Learn from the Study of Mexican-Origin Families in the United States?

Family Process

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 205-216

  Updegraff, Kimberly A ^a   Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Family; Fathers; Gender; Mexican origin Mexican American; Mothers; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MEXICO; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930756230     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/famp.12135     Document Type: Article

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