Psychosocial predictors of depression among Central American immigrants

Psychological Reports

Volumn 86, Issue 3 PART 2, 2000, Pages 1237-1240

  Hovey, Joseph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEPRESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034201023     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.86.3.1237-1240     Document Type: Article

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