Ethnic Identity and Mental Health in American Indian Youth: Examining Mediation Pathways Through Self-esteem, and Future Optimism

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 343-355

  Smokowski, Paul R ^a,b,c   Evans, Caroline B R ^a   Cotter, Katie L ^a   Webber, Kristina C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Carolina Center for Nanotechnology Excellence   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; American Indian; Ethnic identity; Mental health; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RURAL HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84894256536     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-9992-7     Document Type: Article

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