Does anger regulation mediate the discrimination-mental health link among mexican-origin adolescents? A longitudinal mediation analysis using multilevel modeling

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 340-352

  Park, Irene J K ^a   Williams, David R ^b   Wang, Lijuan ^c,d   Alegría, Margarita ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger regulation; Anxiety; Depression; Mexican origin adolescents; Racial ethnic discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MEXICO; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM;

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RACISM; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85000969940     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000235     Document Type: Article

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