Perceived discrimination and religiosity as potential mediating factors between migration and depressive symptoms: A transnational study of an indigenous Mayan population

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 340-347

  Salgado, Hugo ^a   Haviland, Isa ^b   Hernandez, Marcella ^b   Lozano, Diana ^b   Osoria, Ruby ^b   Keyes, David ^b   Kang, Eastern ^a   Zúñiga, María Luisa ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Maya; Mental health; Migration; Religiosity; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROUPS; RACISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904720853     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-013-9944-z     Document Type: Article

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