Cultural Traits and Immigration: HostilitY and Suicidality in Chinese Canadian Students

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 514-532

  Aubert, Pascale ^a   Daigle, Marc S ^a   Daigle, Jean Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian; Chinese; hostility; immigration; suicide

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ASIAN; CANADA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CANADA; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUICIDE;

EID: 12144266479     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461504045647     Document Type: Article

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