Cultural Stressors and Mental Health Symptoms Among Mexican Americans: A Prospective Study Examining the Impact of the Family and Neighborhood Context

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1611-1623

  Nair, Rajni L ^a   White, Rebecca M B ^b   Roosa, Mark W ^b   Zeiders, Katharine H ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Language hassles; Mental health; Mexican American

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RACISM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84877062275     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9834-z     Document Type: Article

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