Depressive symptoms in native and immigrant adolescents: The role of critical life events and daily hassles

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-217

  Stefanek, Elisabeth ^a   Strohmeier, Dagmar ^a   Fandrem, Hildegunn ^b   Spiel, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

critical life events; daily hassles; depressive symptoms; immigrant adolescents; multiple group comparison; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLIMACTERIUM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRIA; CLIMACTERIC; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860761708     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2011.605879     Document Type: Article

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