Associations among Economic Need, Self-Esteem, and Israeli Arab Women's Attitudes toward and Use of Professional Services

Social Work

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 445-454

  Savaya, Rivka ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Economic distress; Ethnic minority groups; Help seeking; Israeli Arab women; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032159318     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/43.5.445     Document Type: Article

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