Chinese migrants' mental health and adjustment to life in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-21

  Abbott, Max W ^a   Wong, Sai ^b   Williams, Maynard ^a   Au, Ming ^b   Young, Wilson ^c  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b South Auckland Health   (New Zealand)

^c Child and Family Unit   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chinese migrants; Mental health; Migration

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TAIWAN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0032992024     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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