Acculturation and aggression in Latino adolescents: Modeling longitudinal trajectories from the latino acculturation and health project

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 589-608

  Smokowski, Paul Richard ^a   Rose, Roderick A ^a   Bacallao, Martica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescents; Aggression; Culture; Externalizing conduct problems; Immigrants; Latinos

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 70349247855     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-009-0146-9     Document Type: Article

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