On the relationship between cultural values and preferences and affective health in Nepal

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-82

  Furr, L Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NEPAL; POLITICS; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHER; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

EID: 17844411484     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764005053283     Document Type: Article

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