Cross-ethnic invariance of self-esteem and depression measures for Chinese, Filipino, and European American adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-61

  Russell, Stephen T ^a   Crockett, Lisa J ^b   Shen, Yuh Ling ^c   Lee, Sun A ^d  

^a Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; Depression; Measurement equivalence; Parenting; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249073956     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9231-1     Document Type: Article

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