Measuring psychiatric disorder among Southeast Asian refugees
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 16 (3) , 627-639
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700010382
Abstract
Synopsis Four measures of mental health – Panic, Depression, Somatization and Well-Being – have been developed for use in a population of Southeast Asian refugees. The scales, a product of work with 1348 refugees, demonstrate conceptual significance, good reliability, concurrent validity and stability of structure across samples. They are culturally sensitive, enabling intra-cultural study as well as screening for clinical purposes. The measures also permit comparisons, for research purposes, with non-Asians.Keywords
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