The role of acculturative stress on mental health symptoms for immigrant adolescents: A longitudinal investigation

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 736-748

  Sirin, Selcuk R ^a   Ryce, Patrice ^a   Gupta, Taveeshi ^a   Rogers Sirin, Lauren ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturative stress; Adolescent development; Anxiety; Depression; Immigrant youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876148004     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028398     Document Type: Article

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