Acculturative Stress, Perceived Discrimination, and Vulnerability to Suicide Attempts Among Emerging Adults

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1465-1476

  Gomez, Judelysse ^a,b   Miranda, Regina ^b   Polanco, Lillian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturative stress; Emerging adulthood; Perceived discrimination; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053911834     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9688-9     Document Type: Article

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