Marital adjustment and depressive symptoms in Korean Americans

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 370-376

  Kim, Eunjung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84861711445     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2012.656822     Document Type: Article

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