Relationship between migrant status and social support and quality of life in Moroccans in the Basque Country (Spain);Relación del estatus migratorio y del apoyo social con la calidad de vida de los marroquíes en el País Vasco

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 29-37

  Rodríguez Álvarez, Elena ^a   Lanborena Elordui, Nerea ^a   Errami, Mohamed ^b   Rodríguez Rodríguez, Alba ^c   Pereda Riguera, Celina ^c   Vallejo de la Hoz, Gorka ^a   Moreno Marquez, Gorka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c Médicos del Mundo Munduko Medikuak   (Spain)

^d Ikuspegi Observatorio Vasco de Inmigración   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety depression; Health related quality of life; Moroccan immigrants; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOROCCO; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72049113069     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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