Does perceived stress mediate the effect of cultural consonance on depression?

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 519-538

  Balieiro, Mauro C ^a   Dos Santos, Manoel Antônio ^b   Dos Santos, José Ernesto ^b   Dressler, William W ^c  

^a PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; cultural consonance; depression; mediation; perceived stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; STRESS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 82455187830     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461511418873     Document Type: Article

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