A Structural Model of Racial Discrimination, Acculturative Stress, and Cultural Resources Among Arab American Adolescents

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 181-192

  Ahmed, Sawssan R ^a,c,e   Kia Keating, Maryam ^b   Tsai, Katherine H ^c,d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturative stress; Arab American adolescents; Cultural resources; Discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ARABS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MICHIGAN; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80855128773     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-011-9424-3     Document Type: Article

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