Unemployment and psychological health among Hong Kong Chinese women

Psychological Reports

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 499-505

  Lai, Julian C L ^a   Chan, Raymond K H ^b   Luk, Chung Leung ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0031253993     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.81.2.499     Document Type: Article

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