Acculturation and depressive symptoms among Turkish immigrants in Germany

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 9503-9521

  Morawa, Eva ^a   Erim, Yesim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Depressive symptoms; Immigrants; Mental health; Turkish

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT; MENTAL HEALTH; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL ASSIMILATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL SEPARATION; TURK (PEOPLE); ADOLESCENT; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

GERMANY;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908081473     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110909503     Document Type: Article

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