Acculturation and mental health among Ghanaians in the Netherlands

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-383

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

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GHANA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34447114978     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764007078344     Document Type: Article

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