Minority Stress, Perceived Bicultural Competence, and Depressive Symptoms Among Ethnic Minority College Students

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 411-422

  Wei, Meifen ^a   Liao, Kelly Yu Hsin ^a   Chao, Ruth Chu Lien ^b   Mallinckrodt, Brent ^c   Tsai, Pei Chun ^a   Botello Zamarron, Raquel ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Depressive symptoms; Ethnic minority college students; Minority stress; Perceived bicultural competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958594758     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020790     Document Type: Article

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