Ethnic and generational influences on emotional distress and risk behaviors among Chinese and Filipino American adolescents

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 311-324

  Willgerodt, Mayumi Anne ^a   Thompson, Elaine Adams ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Asian Americans; Emotional distress; Generation; Risky behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHILIPPINES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHILIPPINES; RISK-TAKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748105303     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20146     Document Type: Article

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