Depression and Korean American Immigrants

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-19

  Park, So Youn ^a,b   Bernstein, Kunsook Song ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SYMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFUCIANISM; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; MARRIAGE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING; SYMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149098571     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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