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Roddenberry, Angela; Renk, Kimberly – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2010
Although many studies examine the biological phenomena that mediate the relationship between stress and illness, more research is needed regarding psychological variables that may mediate this relationship. Thus, the current study investigates the mediating effects of locus of control and self-efficacy in the relationships among stress, illness,…
Descriptors: Health Services, Locus of Control, College Students, Structural Equation Models
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Hwang, Wei-Chin; Wood, Jeffrey J. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2009
Objective: Our knowledge of how acculturative processes affect families remains quite limited. This article tests whether acculturative family distancing (AFD) [1], a more proximal and problem-oriented measure of the acculturation gap, influences the mental health status of Asian American and Latino college students. AFD occurs along two…
Descriptors: Intervention, Structural Equation Models, Conflict, Mental Health