Cultural identity and mental health: Differing trajectories among asian and latino youth

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 555-666

  Rogers Sirin, Lauren ^a   Gupta, Taveeshi ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian immigrants; Ethnic identity; Latino immigrants; Mental health; U.S. identity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874328848     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029329     Document Type: Article

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