Guarded self-disclosure predicts psychological distress and willingness to use psychological services among East Asian immigrants in the United States

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 193, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 535-539

  Barry, Declan T ^a,b   Mizrahi, Trina C ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b APT Foundation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Guarded self disclosure; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBABILITY; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23744447239     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000172642.23147.23     Document Type: Article

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