A Colonial Mentality Model of Depression for Filipino Americans

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-127

  David, E J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

colonial mentality; depression; Filipino Americans; internalized oppression; mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHILIPPINES; POLITICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 43049165360     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.14.2.118     Document Type: Article

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