Discrimination and psychological distress: Gender differences among Arab Americans

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue FEB, 2017, Pages

  Assari, Shervin ^a,b   Lankarani, Maryam Moghani ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Medicine and Health Promotion Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arab Americans; Discrimination; Distress; Gender; Psychological symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICHIGAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL STATUS; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

EID: 85014190201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00023     Document Type: Article

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