Turkish and Moroccan Young Adults in the Netherlands: The Relationship Between Acculturation and Psychological Problems

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1687-1696

  Özbek, Emel ^a   Bongers, Ilja L ^a,b   Lobbestael, Jill ^c   van Nieuwenhuizen, Chijs ^a,b  

^a GGzE Foundation for Mental Health Care Eindhoven en de Kempen   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Externalizing problems; Internalizing problems; Psychological problems; Young adult migrants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRANT; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RACISM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946484230     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0203-3     Document Type: Article

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