Perceived ethnic discrimination, acculturation, and psychological distress in women of Turkish origin in Germany

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1691-1700

  Aichberger, Marion C ^a   Bromand, Zohra ^b   Rapp, Michael A ^b   Yesil, Rahsan ^b   Montesinos, Amanda Heredia ^b   Temur Erman, Selver ^b   Heinz, Andreas ^a   Schouler Ocak, Meryam ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Geriatric Psychiatry Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Ethnic discrimination; Migrant; Psychological distress; Turkish

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BERLIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RACISM; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945455146     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-015-1105-3     Document Type: Article

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