Predictors of depressive symptoms in Chinese American college students: Parent and peer attachment, college challenges and sense of coherence

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 316-323

  Ying, Yu Wen ^a   Lee, Peter Allen ^b   Tsai, Jeanne L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese American; College challenges; Depressive symptoms; Parent attachment; Peer attachment; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCULTURATION; ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 34249775492     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.2.316     Document Type: Article

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