Discrimination and mental health among somali refugee adolescents: The role of acculturation and gender

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 564-575

  Ellis, B Heidi ^a   MacDonald, Helen Z ^b   Klunk Gillis, Julie ^b   Lincoln, Alisa ^c   Strunin, Lee ^d   Cabral, Howard J ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PTSD   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescents; Community participatory research; Depression; Discrimination; Gender; Health outcomes; Identity; Immigrants; Multiple minority status; Muslims; New England; PTSD; Refugees; Somali; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REFUGEE; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMALIA;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ENGLAND; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFUGEES; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOMALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958510341     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01061.x     Document Type: Article

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