Transnational ties and past-year major depressive episodes among Latino immigrants

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 486-495

  Alcántara, Carmela ^a   Chen, Chih Nan ^b   Alegría, Margarita ^c  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic remittances; Hispanic; Immigrants; Major depressive episode; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MEXICAN; PUERTO RICAN; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRESS; TRANSNATIONAL TIES; VALIDITY; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937073952     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037540     Document Type: Article

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