Race-Ethnic Inequality and Psychological Distress: Depressive Symptoms From Adolescence to Young Adulthood

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1295-1311

  Brown, J Scott ^a   Meadows, Sarah O ^b   Elder Jr , Glen H ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; depression; ethnicity; race; trajectories

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MINORITY GROUP; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RACE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREJUDICE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36348989719     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.6.1295     Document Type: Article

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