Asian Americans and European Americans’ stigma levels in response to biological and social explanations of depression

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 767-776

  Cheng, Zhen Hadassah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; Genetic essentialism; Mental illness stigma; Social essentialism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939984491     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-014-0999-5     Document Type: Article

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