Acculturation, internalizing mental health symptoms, and self-esteem: Cultural experiences of Latino adolescents in North Carolina

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-292

  Smokowski, Paul R ^a   Bacallao, Martica L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescents; Internalizing problems; Latinos; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORTH CAROLINA; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846541337     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-006-0035-4     Document Type: Article

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