Cultural differences in psychological distress in Asian and Caucasian American college students: Examining the role of cognitive and affective concomitants

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-59

  Chang, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPECTATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE;

EID: 0036148379     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.49.1.47     Document Type: Article

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