Neuroticism predicts acculturative stress in Mexican American college students

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 366-382

  Mangold, Deborah L ^a   Veraza, Rafael ^a   Kinkler, Lori ^a   Kinney, Nathan A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Acculturative stress; Depression; Hispanic Stress Inventory; Neuroticism; Personality; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547158781     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: 15526364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986307302167     Document Type: Article

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