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Critically assessing the methodological challenges of exploring Chinese immigrant fathers

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Critically assessing the methodological challenges of exploring Chinese immigrant fathers. / Chuang, Susan S.; Li, Xuan; Huang, Ching-Yu et al.
Asian families in Canada and the United States: Implications for mental health and wellbeing. ed. / S.S. Chuang; R. Moodley; U.P. Gielen; S. Akram-Pall. Cham: Springer, 2021. p. 259-281 (Advances in Immigrant Family Research).

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Chuang, SS, Li, X, Huang, C-Y & Hu, Y 2021, Critically assessing the methodological challenges of exploring Chinese immigrant fathers. in SS Chuang, R Moodley, UP Gielen & S Akram-Pall (eds), Asian families in Canada and the United States: Implications for mental health and wellbeing. Advances in Immigrant Family Research, Springer, Cham, pp. 259-281. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56452-0_14

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Chuang, S. S., Li, X., Huang, C-Y., & Hu, Y. (2021). Critically assessing the methodological challenges of exploring Chinese immigrant fathers. In S. S. Chuang, R. Moodley, U. P. Gielen, & S. Akram-Pall (Eds.), Asian families in Canada and the United States: Implications for mental health and wellbeing (pp. 259-281). (Advances in Immigrant Family Research). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56452-0_14

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Chuang SS, Li X, Huang C-Y, Hu Y. Critically assessing the methodological challenges of exploring Chinese immigrant fathers. In Chuang SS, Moodley R, Gielen UP, Akram-Pall S, editors, Asian families in Canada and the United States: Implications for mental health and wellbeing. Cham: Springer. 2021. p. 259-281. (Advances in Immigrant Family Research). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-56452-0_14

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Chuang, Susan S. ; Li, Xuan ; Huang, Ching-Yu et al. / Critically assessing the methodological challenges of exploring Chinese immigrant fathers. Asian families in Canada and the United States: Implications for mental health and wellbeing. editor / S.S. Chuang ; R. Moodley ; U.P. Gielen ; S. Akram-Pall. Cham : Springer, 2021. pp. 259-281 (Advances in Immigrant Family Research).

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