Anxiety reporting and culturally associated interpretation biases and cognitive schemas: A comparison of Mexican, Mexican American, and European American families

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 237-247

  Enrique Varela, R ^a,d   Vernberg, Eric M ^b   Sanchez Sosa, Juan Jose ^c   Riveros, Angelica ^c   Mitchell, Montserrat ^b   Mashunkashey, Joanna ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COGNITION; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; COGNITION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442705428     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3302_4     Document Type: Article

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