Gender, Family, and Community Correlates of Mental Health in South Asian Americans

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-274

  Masood, Nausheen ^a   Okazaki, Sumie ^a   Takeuchi, David T ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural influences; mental health; South Asian Americans

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; BANGLADESH; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PAKISTAN; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SRI LANKA;

EID: 67650957766     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014301     Document Type: Article

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