Impacts of Immigration Actions and News and the Psychological Distress of U.S. Latino Parents Raising Adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 525-531

  Roche, Kathleen M ^a   Vaquera, Elizabeth ^b   White, Rebecca M B ^c   Rivera, Maria Ivonne ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rivera Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Immigration; Latino Families; Parent Psychological Distress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT FATHER; ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ADOLESCENT PARENT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPORTATION; DETENTION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL STRESS; PATIENT WORRY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85042557360     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.01.004     Document Type: Article

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