Ethnic identity and risky health behaviors in school-age Mexican-American children

Psychological Reports

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 735-744

  Love, Ashley S ^a   Yin, Zenong ^a   Codina, Edward ^b   Zapata, Jesse T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Methodist Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 33748879978     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.98.3.735-744     Document Type: Article

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