A cross-cultural comparison of British and Japanese lay theories of schizophrenia

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 4-20

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Murao, Masako ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0034015791     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076400004600103     Document Type: Article

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