Bosnian refugees and the stressors of exile: A narrative study

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 341-354

  Miller, Kenneth E ^a   Worthington, Gregory J ^b   Muzurovic, Jasmina ^a   Tipping, Susannah ^a   Goldman, Allison ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; COMMUNITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POVERTY; REFUGEE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037624004     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.72.3.341     Document Type: Article

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