Racial discrimination stress, coping, and depressive symptoms among Asian Americans: A moderation Analysis

Asian American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-150

  Wei, Meifen ^a   Heppner, P Paul ^b   Ku, Tsun Yao ^c   Liao, Kelly Yu Hsin ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And Asian Americans; Coping; Depressive symptoms; Moderation; Racial discrimination stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958553553     PISSN: 19481985     EISSN: 19481993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020157     Document Type: Article

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