Conceptualizations of mental illness by south african indian adolescents and their mothers

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 313-319

  Bhana, Kastoor ^a   Bhana, Arvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0022078308     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1985.9922892     Document Type: Article

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