Personality related to coping and social support among Iranian refugees in Sweden

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 595-603

  Ghazinour, Mehdi ^a   Richter, Jörg ^b   Eisemann, Martin ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; SWEDEN; TEMPERAMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHARACTER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFUGEES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0141651850     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000087186.03513.38     Document Type: Article

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