Cultural model of self-stigma among Chinese with substance use problems

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-89

  Mak, Winnie W S ^a   Ho, Connie Y Y ^a   Wong, Venus U T ^a   Law, Rita W ^a   Chan, Randolph C H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Face concern; Mental health; Moral emotions; Self stigma; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; EMOTIONALITY; FACE CONCERN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF STIGMA; STIGMA; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPLICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; HONG KONG; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941942656     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.08.011     Document Type: Article

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