Asian American families' collectivistic coping strategies in response to 9/11

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 134-148

  Yeh, Christine J ^a   Inman, Arpana C ^b   Kim, Angela B ^a   Okubo, Yuki ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11; Asian American; Collectivism; Coping; Help seeking; World Trade Center attacks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLECTIVISM; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY LIFE; FATALISM; FEMALE; FILIPINO; FORBEARANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERVIEW; KOREA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COUNSELING; RELATIONAL UNIVERSALITY; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TERRORISM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VICTIM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; FAMILY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS;

EID: 33744547400     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.1.134     Document Type: Article

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