Patterns of Hopelessness Among American Indian Adolescents: Relationships by Levels of Acculturation and Residence

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-76

  LaFromboise, Teresa D ^a   Albright, Karen ^a,b   Harris, Alex ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; adolescents; American Indians; hopelessness; residence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INDIAN; LITERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 76449083133     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016181     Document Type: Article

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