Factors Associated with the Process of Adaptation among Pakistani Adolescent Females Living in United States

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 315-325

  Khuwaja, Salma A ^a,d   Selwyn, Beatrice J ^b   Mgbere, Osaro ^a   Khuwaja, Alam ^c   Kapadia, Asha ^b   McCurdy, Sheryl ^b   Hsu, Chiehwen E ^c  

^a Houston Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d Bureau of Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adolescent females; Immigrants; Muslim; Pakistani; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MIGRATION; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; ISLAM; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISLAM; LANGUAGE ARTS; PAKISTAN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882898514     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9703-6     Document Type: Article

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