Cultural expression of psychiatric symptoms: Idioms of anger among Puerto Ricans

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-268

  Malgady, Robert G ^a   Rogler, Lloyd H ^b   Cortés, Dharma E ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10244230905     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.8.3.265     Document Type: Article

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