A culturally relevant conceptualization of depression: An empirical examination of the factorial structure of the Vietnamese depression scale

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 496-505

  Dinh, Tam Q ^a   Yamada, Marie Ann ^a   Yee, Barbara W K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Major depression screening tool; Psychometrics; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOOD DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; RELIABILITY; SOMATIZATION; VIETNAMESE DEPRESSION SCALE;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEXAS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049187199     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008091675     Document Type: Article

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