Acculturation Strategies and Mental Health in Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1199-1210

  Cox, Nele ^a   vanden Berghe, Wim ^a   Dewaele, Alexis ^b   Vincke, John ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acculturation; LGB youth; Mental health; Minority stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; BISEXUALITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955311198     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9435-7     Document Type: Article

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