Adult Korean Americans: Their attitudes toward seeking professional counseling services

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 571-580

  Sung, Hye Yi ^a   Tidwell, Romeria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Graduate School of Education and Information Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; KOREA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 24144472325     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-005-6362-2     Document Type: Article

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