The Development of the Adolescent Nervios Scale: Preliminary Findings

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-15

  Livanis, Andrew ^a   Tryon, Georgiana Shick ^a  

^a University Center   (United States)

Author keywords

culture bound syndrome; Latino adolescents; nervios

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NERVIOS SCALE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURE BOUND SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANXIETY; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 76449116925     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014905     Document Type: Article

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