Exploring the relevance of autonomy and relatedness for mental health in healthy and depressed women from two different cultures: When does culture matter?

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 482-492

  Balkir, Nazli ^a   Arens, Elisabeth A ^a   Barnow, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

autonomy; Culture; depression; mental health; relatedness; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TURKEY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ARTICLE; AUTONOMY; DEPRESSION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; RELATEDNESS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TURKEY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AUTONOMY; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; RELATEDNESS; WOMEN;

EID: 84876048782     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764012441428     Document Type: Article

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