Psychological dysfunction in southeast asian refugees as mediated by sense of coherence

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 839-859

  Ying, Yu Wen ^a   Akutsu, Phillip D ^a   Zhang, Xiulan ^a   Huang, Larke N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cultural traditionalism; Depression; Psychological dysfunction; Psychosocial dysfunction; Sense of coherence; Southeast asian refugees; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0031299494     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022217330005     Document Type: Article

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