Acculturative stress and depression in an Elderly Arabic sample

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-290

  Wrobel, Nancy Howells ^a   Farrag, Mohamed F ^b   Hymes, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b Behavioral Care Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturative stress; Arabic; Depression; Geriatric; Immigrant

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349493153     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-009-9096-8     Document Type: Article

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