The relative contribution of posttraumatic and acculturative stress to subjective mental health among Bosnian refugees

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-353

  Knipscheer, Jeroen W ^a   Kleber, Rolf J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Bosnian refugees; Mental health; Posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REFUGEE; SKILL; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATISTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33645098385     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20233     Document Type: Article

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