Identity, activity, and the well-being of adolescents and youths: Lessons from young people in a Micronesian society

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-219

  Lowe, Edward D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Emotion; Oceania; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY LIFE; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FRUSTRATION; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; WELLBEING; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PEER GROUP; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONESIA; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 0642344395     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024274024956     Document Type: Article

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