Stressors related to immigration and migration background in Turkish patients with psychiatric disorder: Validity of a short questionnaire (MIGSTR10)

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1019-1026

  Müller, Matthias Johannes ^a,b,c   Koch, Eckhardt ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c Vitos Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Marburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment instrument; Migration; Migration background; Migration associated stressors; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TURKEY;

EID: 80755139364     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9510-5     Document Type: Review

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