Stressed and helping: The relations among acculturative stress, gender, and prosocial tendencies in Mexican Americans

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-56

  McGinley, Meredith ^a   Carlo, Gustavo ^a   Crockett, Lisa J ^a   Raffaelli, Marcela ^a   Stone, Rosalie A Torres ^a   Iturbide, Maria I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturative stress; Gender differences; Mexican American; Prosocial behavior; Sympathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPATHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950350024     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540903365323     Document Type: Article

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