Depression among unaccompanied minor refugees: The relative contribution of general and acculturation-specific daily hassles

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 300-317

  Keles, Serap ^a   Friborg, Oddgeir ^b   Idsøe, Thormod ^c   Sirin, Selcuk ^d   Oppedal, Brit ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturative stress; daily hassles; depression; Unaccompanied minor refugees

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; INJURY; MENTAL HEALTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REFUGEE; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; YOUNG POPULATION;

NORWAY;

ADOLESCENT; ASIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ASIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORWAY; REFUGEES; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937788174     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2015.1065310     Document Type: Review

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