Age, acculturation, cultural adjustment, and mental health symptoms of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese immigrant youths

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-48

  Yeh, Christine J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Asian Americans; Chinese; Cultural adjustment; Immigrant youths; Japanese; Korean

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 0037249457     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.9.1.34     Document Type: Article

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