Perceived discrimination as a risk factor for depressive symptoms and substance use among Hispanic adolescents in Los Angeles

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 244-261

  Basáñez, Tatiana ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^b   Soto, Daniel ^b   Crano, William ^a   Baezconde Garbanati, Lourdes ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; depression; discrimination; Hispanic Americans; neighborhoods; substance use

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENCE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DRUG USER; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOS ANGELES; MALE; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879069730     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2012.713093     Document Type: Article

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