Discrimination, perceived social inequity, and mental health among rural-to-urban migrants in china

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-180

  Lin, Danhua ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^b   Wang, Bo ^c   Hong, Yan ^d   Fang, Xiaoyi ^a   Qin, Xiong ^e   Stanton, Bonita ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e Jiangxi University of Finance   (China)

Author keywords

China; Discrimination; Mental health; Perceived social inequity; Rural to urban migrants; SCL 90

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955566438     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-009-9278-4     Document Type: Article

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