The association of marital relationship and perceived social support with mental health of women in Pakistan

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Qadir, Farah ^a   Khalid, Amna ^a,c   Haqqani, Sabahat ^a   Zill E Huma, ^a   Medhin, Girmay ^b  

^a FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marriage; Mental health; Scale validation; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889769731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1150     Document Type: Article

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