Anxiety in ethnic minority youth: Methodological and conceptual issues and review of the literature

Behavior Modification

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-183

  Safren, Steven A ^a   Gonzalez, R Emily ^b   Horner, Kelly J ^b   Leung, Anna W ^b   Heimberg, Richard G ^c   Juster, Harlan R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MENTAL HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELECTION BIAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034117589     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445500242001     Document Type: Review

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