Postpartum Cultural Practices Are Negatively Associated with Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese and Vietnamese Immigrant Mothers Married to Taiwanese Men

Women and Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 536-552

  Chen, Tzu Ling ^a   Tai, Chen Jei ^b,c   Wu, Tsai Wei ^d   Chiang, Ching Ping ^e   Chien, Li Yin ^f  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e Chung Shan Hospital   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cultural practices; culture; immigrant women; postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; VIET NAM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864668310     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2012.697109     Document Type: Article

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