A cross-cultural analysis of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 367-375

  Asner Self, Kimberly K ^a   Schreiber, James B ^b   Marotta, Sylvia A ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief Symptom Inventory; Central Americans; Factor Analysis; Latinos; Mental Health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTHOR; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745800097     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.2.367     Document Type: Article

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