Cultural consonance and psychological distress: Examining the associations in multiple cultural domains

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-224

  Dressler, William W ^a   Balieiro, Mauro C ^b   Ribeiro, Rosane P ^c   Santos, José Ernesto Dos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cultural consensus analysis; Cultural consonance; Culture theory; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34547301373     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-007-9046-2     Document Type: Article

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