The association between acculturation patterns and mental health symptoms among eritrean and sudanese asylum seekers in Israel

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 468-476

  Nakash, Ora ^a   Nagar, Maayan ^a   Shoshani, Anat ^a   Lurie, Ido ^b,c  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Africa; Anxiety; Asylum seeker; Depression; Forced migration; Israel; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASYLUM SEEKER; BICULTURAL INVOLVEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; ERITREAN; FEMALE; HARVARD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOPKINS SYMPTOMS CHECKLIST 25; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SUDANESE; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUDAN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937074191     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037534     Document Type: Article

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