The Role of Culture, Family Processes, and Anger Regulation in Korean American Adolescents' Adjustment Problems

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 258-266

  Park, Irene J K ^a   Kim, Paul Y ^a   Cheung, Rebecca Y M ^a   Kim, May ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescents; Anger regulation; Coping; Cultural context; Depression; Developmental psychopathology; Externalizing problems; Family processes; Korean Americans; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICAN; FAMILY RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANGER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77953546691     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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