Exploring Differences in Family Involvement and Depressive Symptoms across Latino Adolescent Groups

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-171

  Dawson, Beverly Araujo ^a   Perez, Rose M ^a   Suárez Orozco, Carola ^b  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; Family involvement; Latino adolescents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858590869     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2012.647473     Document Type: Article

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