Network composition, social integration, and sense of coherence in chinese american young adults

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 83-98

  Ying, Yu Wen ^a   Lee, Peter A ^a   Tsai, Jeanne L ^b   Lee, Yu J ^a   Tsang, Malisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese American; Inter racial inter ethnic relationships and social networks; Sense of coherence in Chinese Americans network composition; Social integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009583621     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v03n03_07     Document Type: Article

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