Brief report ethnic and mainstream social connectedness, perceived racial discrimination, and posttraumatic stress symptoms

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 486-493

  Wei, Meifen ^a   Wang, Kenneth T ^b   Heppner, Puncky Paul ^b   Du, Yi ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese international students; Perceived racial discrimination; Posttraumatic stress symptoms; Race based traumatic stress; Social connectedness in the ethnic community and social connectedness in mainstream society

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RACISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84871883566     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028000     Document Type: Article

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