Interaction between pre- and post-migration factors on depressive symptoms in new migrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 560-567

  Chou, Kee Lee ^a   Wong, Winky K F ^a   Chow, Nelson W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Depression; Migration; Quality of life; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; DEPRESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054755698     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-010-9333-1     Document Type: Article

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