Acculturation and adjustment in latino adolescents: How cultural risk factors and assets influence multiple domains of adolescent mental health

Journal of Primary Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 371-393

  Smokowski, Paul ^a   Buchanan, Rachel L ^b   Bacallao, Martica L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescents; Culture; Immigrants; Latinos; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIALIZATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ARIZONA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORTH CAROLINA; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 67650721499     PISSN: 0278095X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10935-009-0179-7     Document Type: Article

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