Racial Discrimination and Asian Mental Health: A Meta-Analysis

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 463-489

  Lee, Debbiesiu L ^a   Ahn, Soyeon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; coping; mental health; meta analysis; psychological distress; racial discrimination; racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952834368     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000010381791     Document Type: Article

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