The psychological sense of economic hardship: Measurement models, validity, and cross-ethnic equivalence for urban families

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 493-517

  Barrera, Manuel ^a   Caples, Heather ^a   Tein, Jenn Yun ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Economic hardship; Ethnic minorities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PARENT; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PARENTS; POVERTY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035376435     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010328115110     Document Type: Article

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