Acculturative stress, violence, and resilience in the lives of Mexican-American youth

Stress, Trauma and Crisis

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 107-130

  Holleran, Lori K ^a   Jung, Soyon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturative stress; Adolescence; Ethnic identity; Latino; Mexican American; Resilience; Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644476216     PISSN: 15434613     EISSN: 15434591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15434610590956895     Document Type: Article

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