Ethnic differences in adolescents' mental distress, social stress, and resources

Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 162, 2006, Pages 263-283

  Choi, Heeseung ^b   Meininger, Janet C ^a   Roberts, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEXAS;

EID: 33750530813     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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