Mental Health of Somali Adolescent Refugees: The Role of Trauma, Stress, and Perceived Discrimination

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-193

  Ellis, B Heidi ^a   MacDonald, Helen Z ^b,c   Lincoln, Alisa K ^d   Cabral, Howard J ^e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; discrimination; refugees; trauma exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOMALIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PREJUDICE; REFUGEES; SOMALIA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42049087818     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.76.2.184     Document Type: Article

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