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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 16
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Sharing Information about Peer Relations: Parent and Adolescent Opinions and Behaviors in Hmong and African American Families
Brown, B. Bradford; Bakken, Jeremy P.; Nguyen, Jacqueline; Von Bank, Heather G.
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, n116 p67-82 Sum 2007
Despite sharing similar attitudes regarding the information about peers that parents have a right to know, the strategies African American and Hmong families use to seek or censor information about peers diverge because of ethnic differences in emphasis on trust, nurturing autonomy, respect for parental authority, and maintaining cultural traditions.
Descriptors: Hmong People, Peer Relationship, African Americans, Parent Attitudes, Adolescent Attitudes, African American Family, Cultural Differences, Ethnicity, Trust (Psychology), Personal Autonomy
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Language: English
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