The interrelationships among acculturation, social support, and postpartum depression symptoms among marriage-based immigrant women in Taiwan: A cohort study

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-23

  Chen, Hung Hui ^a   Hwang, Fang Ming ^b   Tai, Chen Jei ^c,d   Chien, Li Yin ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Moderation; Postpartum depression; Social support; Structural equation modeling (SEM)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; VIET NAM; YOUNG ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872600352     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9697-0     Document Type: Article

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