Mental health, duration of unemployment, and coping strategy: A cross-sectional study of unemployed migrant workers in eastern china during the economic crisis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Li ^a,b   Li, Wenhu ^b   He, Jincai ^a   Wu, Lanhua ^a   Yan, Zheng ^c   Tang, Wenjie ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping strategy; Duration of unemployment; Economic crisis; Mental health; Unemployed migrant workers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864433343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-597     Document Type: Article

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