Discrimination and Sleep: The Protective Role of School Belonging

Youth and Society

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 649-672

  Huynh, Virginia W ^a   Gillen O’Neel, Cari ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; Asian; ethnic discrimination; Latino; school belonging; sleep; stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALERTNESS; ASIAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACISM; SELF REPORT; SLEEP QUALITY; STRESS;

EID: 84989903835     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X13506720     Document Type: Article

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