Racial/ethnic differences in internalizing and externalizing symptoms in adolescents

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 801-816

  McLaughlin, Katie A ^a   Hilt, Lori M ^a   Nolen Hoeksema, Susan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Anxiety; Depression; Eating pathology; Racial ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 34548390626     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-007-9128-1     Document Type: Article

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