Latino youth's internalising behaviours: Links to immigrant status and neighbourhood characteristics

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 315-335

  Lara Cinisomo, Sandraluz ^a   Xue, Yange ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

immigrant youth; internalising behaviours; Latinos; neighbourhoods

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHICAGO; CHILD; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; LATIN AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879084226     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2012.734278     Document Type: Article

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