Generational differences in psychosocial adaptation and predictors of psychological distress in a population of recent Vietnamese immigrants

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-113

  Shapiro, Johanna ^c   Douglas, Kaaren ^a   De La Rocha, Olivia ^b   Radecki, Stephen ^c   Vu, Chris ^c   Dinh, True ^c  

^a Motion Picture and Television Fund   (United States)

^b Research Support Services   (United States)

^c Dept of Family Medicine Bldg 200 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MENTAL STRESS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIET NAM; WELLBEING;

EID: 0032908279     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018702323648     Document Type: Article

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