Cultural Stressors and the Hopelessness Model of Depressive Symptoms in Latino Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1339-1349

  Stein, Gabriela L ^a   Gonzalez, Laura M ^a   Huq, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Discrimination; Latinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866428334     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9765-8     Document Type: Article

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