Impact of Perceived Racial Discrimination and Collective Self-Esteem on Psychological Distress Among Vietnamese-American College Students: Sense of Coherence as Mediator

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 370-376

  Lam, Brian Trung ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collective self esteem; psychological distress; racial discrimination; sense of coherence; Vietnamese Americans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RACISM; SELF ESTEEM;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; VIETNAM;

EID: 34548853970     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.3.370     Document Type: Article

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