The influence of culture on anxiety in latino youth: A review

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-233

  Varela, Enrique ^a   Hensley Maloney, Lauren ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Culture; Hispanic; Latino

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 71349083385     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10567-009-0044-5     Document Type: Review

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