The expression of depression in Asian Americans and European Americans

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 754-763

  Kim, Jean M ^a   López, Steven Regeser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Depression; Item response theory; Psychological symptoms; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CAUCASIAN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ETHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924919111     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038114     Document Type: Article

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