Scale properties of the Kreyòl Distress Idioms (KDI) screener: association of an ethnographically-developed instrument with depression, anxiety, and sociocultural risk factors in rural Haiti

International Journal of Culture and Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 341-358

  Kaiser, Bonnie N ^a   Kohrt, Brandon A ^b   Wagenaar, Bradley H ^c   Kramer, Michael R ^a   McLean, Kristen E ^d   Hagaman, Ashley K ^e   Khoury, Nayla M ^f   Keys, Hunter M ^g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^g West Georgia Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; Haiti; idioms of distress; principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946488403     PISSN: 17542863     EISSN: 17542871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2015.1015580     Document Type: Article

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