Floating on Air: Fulfillment and Self-in-Context for Distressed Japanese Women

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 572-595

  Saint Arnault, Denise ^a   Shimabukuro, Shizuka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian; clinical focus; depression; ethnography; health behavior symptom focus; mental health; methods; population focus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84963859742     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945915625219     Document Type: Article

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