Limited English proficiency and psychological distress among Latinos and Asian Americans

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1006-1014

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Hong, Seunghye ^a   Takeuchi, David T ^b   Mossakowski, Krysia N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Discrimination; English proficiency; Language; Latinos; Psychological distress; USA

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RACISM; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; VIETNAMESE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTILINGUALISM; PREJUDICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863526663     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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