Acculturation, Enculturation, and Symptoms of Depression in Hispanic Youth: The Roles of Gender, Hispanic Cultural Values, and Family Functioning

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1350-1365

  Lorenzo Blanco, Elma I ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^b   Baezconde Garbanati, Lourdes ^b   Ritt Olson, Anamara ^b   Soto, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Culture; Depressive symptoms; Enculturation; Family; Hispanic youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866372946     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9774-7     Document Type: Article

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