Ethnic Microaggressions and the Depressive and Somatic Symptoms of Latino and Asian American Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 831-846

  Huynh, Virginia W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Asian; Discrimination; Latino; Microaggressions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862171764     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9756-9     Document Type: Article

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