Perceived discrimination and its associations with mental health and substance use among asian american and pacific islander undergraduate and graduate students

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 390-398

  Chen, Angela Chia Chen ^a   Szalacha, Laura A ^b   Menon, Usha ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

API students; discrimination; ethnic identity; mental health; substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; STUDENT; TRENDS; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PERCEPTION; RACISM; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84906215747     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: 19403208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2014.917648     Document Type: Article

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