Relationships among mental health status, social context, and demographic characteristics in Taiwanese aboriginal adolescents: A structural equation model

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 575-583

  Yen, Cheng Fang ^b,c   Hsu, Chia Chuang ^d   Liu, Shu Chun ^b   Huang, Chi Fen ^b   Ko, Chih Hung ^c   Yen, Ju Yu ^b,e   Cheng, Chung Ping ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d ZUOYING ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aborigines; Adolescent; Family; Mental health; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELINQUENCY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FAMILY STRESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; PEER PRESSURE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

EID: 33748346636     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01561.x     Document Type: Article

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