Changes in Disease Perception, Coping Strategies and Diagnoses in the Case of First and Fourth Generations of Turkish Migrants in Germany

This study examines to what extent subjective illness concepts and symptoms of Turkish patients in Germany have changed over 40 years. Two groups of patients of Turkish origin from psychosomatic clinics in Germany took part in the study, the first group made up of 690 patients from the “first genera...

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Main Author: Jan Ilhan Kizilhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen 2012-08-01
Series:Europe's Journal of Psychology
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Online Access:http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/473