Cultural differences in shame-focused attitudes towards mental health problems in Asian and non-Asian student women

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-141

  Gilbert, Paul ^a   Bhundia, Rakhee ^a   Mitra, Ranjana ^a   McEwan, Kirsten ^a   Irons, Chris ^a   Sanghera, Jasvinder ^a  

^a KINGSWAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHAME; SOCIAL BELIEF; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 34547469372     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13694670500415124     Document Type: Article

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