Correlates of depressive symptoms among North Korean refugees adapting to South Korean society: The moderating role of perceived discrimination

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 107-113

  Um, Mee Young ^a   Chi, Iris ^a   Kim, Hee Jin ^b   Palinkas, Lawrence A ^a   Kim, Jae Yop ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; North Korean refugees; Perceived discrimination; Post migration factors; Psychosocial well being; Sociocultural adaptation; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; REFUGEE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; KOREAN (PEOPLE); LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REFUGEE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOUTH KOREA; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH KOREA; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

NORTH KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; REFUGEES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84924560258     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.039     Document Type: Article

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