Racial and Cultural Factors Affecting the Mental Health of Asian Americans

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 489-497

  Miller, Matthew J ^a   Yang, Minji ^a   Farrell, Jerome A ^b   Lin, Li Ling ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturative stress; Asian americans; Bicultural self efficacy; Generational analyses; Racism related stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN RACISM RELATED STRESS INVENTORY; BICULTURAL SELF EFFICACY SCALE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH INVENTORY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; RIVERSIDE ACCULTURATION STRESS INVENTORY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIA; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREJUDICE; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053595958     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2011.01118.x     Document Type: Article

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