Asian Americans' Adherence to Asian Values, Attributions About Depression, and Coping Strategies

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Wong, Y Joel ^a   Kim, Seong Hyeon ^b   Tran, Kimberly K ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; Asian values; attribution; coping; depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL VALUE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449105093     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015045     Document Type: Article

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