Cultural influences on the use of social support by Chinese immigrants in Japan: "Face" as a keyword

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 343-357

  Matsudaira, Tomomi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

"Face"; Chinese culture; Immigrants; Qualitative method; Social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FACE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDEPENDENCE; JAPAN; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF ESTEEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INTERVIEW; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; CHINA; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JAPAN; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0038178086     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732302250130     Document Type: Article

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