The relationship between latino adolescents' perceptions of discrimination, neighborhood risk, and parenting on self-esteem and depressive symptoms

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1179-1197

  Behnke, Andrew O ^a   Plunkett, Scott W ^b   Sands, Tovah ^b   Bámaca Colbert, Mayra Y ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community neighborhood; cultural conflict; depression; Latinos; parenting; self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052063324     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110383424     Document Type: Article

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