Immigration distress and associated factors among vietnamese women in transnational marriages in Taiwan

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 647-657

  Yang, Yung Mei ^a   Wang, Hsiu Hung ^a   Anderson, Debra ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demand of Immigration Specific Distress scale; foreign spouse; immigration distress; transnational marriage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; RELIGION; SOCIAL STRESS; TAIWAN; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 78650638512     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(10)70099-1     Document Type: Article

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