Bullying victimization as a mediator of associations between cultural/familial variables, substance use, and depressive symptoms among Hispanic youth

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 415-432

  Forster, Myriam ^a   Dyal, Stephanie R ^a   Baezconde Garbanati, Lourdes ^a   Chou, Chih Ping ^a   Soto, Daniel W ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; bullying victimization; depression; family cohesion; Hispanic; substance use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; COHESION; CULTURAL TRADITION; DATA SET; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; STUDENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; CALIFORNIA; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84881377211     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2012.754407     Document Type: Article

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