Culture and psychiatric symptoms in Puerto Rican children: Longitudinal results from one ethnic group in two contexts

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 563-572

  Duarte, Cristiane S ^a,b   Bird, Hector R ^b   Shrout, Patrick E ^c   Wu, Ping ^b   Lewis Fernandéz, Roberto ^b   Shen, Sa ^b   Canino, Glorisa ^d  

^a Columbia University NY State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Antisocial behaviors; Child; Cultural stress; Internalizing symptoms; Latino; Puerto Ricans; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PUERTO RICO; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 41949125316     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01863.x     Document Type: Article

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