Acculturation, Gender, Depression, and Cigarette Smoking Among U.S. Hispanic Youth: The Mediating Role of Perceived Discrimination

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1519-1533

  Lorenzo Blanco, Elma I ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^b   Ritt Olson, Anamara ^b   Soto, Daniel ^b   Baezconde Garbanati, Lourdes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Cigarette smoking; Depression; Gender; Hispanic youth; Perceived discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREJUDICE; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 80053919641     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9633-y     Document Type: Article

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