The impact of acculturative stress and daily hassles on pre-adolescent psychological adjustment: Examining anxiety symptoms

Journal of Primary Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 335-349

  Suarez Morales, Lourdes ^a   Lopez, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Acculturative stress; Anxiety; Daily hassles; Hispanic

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATIVE STRESS; ADJUSTMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LIFE STRESS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; CHILD; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67650718423     PISSN: 0278095X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10935-009-0175-y     Document Type: Article

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