The longitudinal effect of intergenerational gap in acculturation on conflict and mental health in Southeast Asian American adolescents

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-66

  Ying, Yu Wen ^a   Han, Meekyung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Depressive symptomatology; Intergenerational conflict; Southeast Asian adolescents; Southeast Asian American family

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947191545     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.1.61     Document Type: Article

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