Exploring the factors contributing to empowerment of Turkish migrant women in the UK

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-233

  Cakir, S Gulfem ^a   Guneri, Oya Yerin ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Empowerment; Perceived discrimination; Psychological distress; Social support; Turkish migrant women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; ISLAM; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957607698     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2010.532800     Document Type: Article

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