Sociocultural predictors of psychological help-seeking attitudes and behavior among Mexican American college students

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 420-432

  Miville, Marie L ^a   Constantine, Madonna G ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Attitudes and behaviors; College students; Help seeking; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLLEGE STUDENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33747483731     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.3.420     Document Type: Article

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