A cross-cultural evaluation of depression in children in Egypt, Kuwait, and the United States

Psychological Reports

Volumn 85, Issue 3 PART 1, 1999, Pages 973-980

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^b   Soliman, Hussein H ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033250694     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.85.3.973     Document Type: Article

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