A life course perspective on migration and mental health among Asian immigrants: The role of human agency

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1618-1626

  Gong, Fang ^a   Xu, Jun ^a   Fujishiro, Kaori ^b   Takeuchi, David T ^c  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian immigrants; Human agency; Life course perspective; Mental health; Migration; USA

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACCULTURATIVE STRESS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN AGENCY; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLANNING; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 81055140193     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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