Stages of acculturation as reflected by depression reduction in immigrant nursing students

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 247-256

  Hener, T ^a,b   Weller, A ^a   Shor, R ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; ISRAEL; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME; USSR;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING; USSR;

EID: 0031460179     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076409704300402     Document Type: Article

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