Perception of racial discrimination and psychopathology across three U.S. ethnic minority groups

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-81

  Chou, Tina ^a   Asnaani, Anu ^a   Hofmann, Stefan G ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Epidemiology; Ethnic minority issues; Mental disorders; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINORITY GROUP; PANIC; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RACISM; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGORAPHOBIA; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORITY GROUPS; PANIC DISORDER; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861156722     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025432     Document Type: Article

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