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The purpose of the present study was to compare the factor structure of distress, comprised of depression, anxiety, and somatization, across Turkey and the U.S., and to investigate the metric invariance of the instruments used to measure distress: The Beck Depression Inventory-I…

The main focus of this study was to explore the relationship between acculturation and somatization as they relate to gender and age among Iranians. Acculturation was measured by the Cultural Life Style Inventory (CLSI) (Mendoza, 1989) and somatization was measured by the Brief …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether pre-injury somatic symptoms influenced recovery time among adolescents who sustained sport-related concussion (SRC), and whether that relationship was influenced by postinjury anxiety or depression. Participants consisted of 153…

Refugees are known to suffer extensive psychological distress owing to the sociocultural and sociopolitical nature of their life experiences (Jamil, Hakim-Larson, Farrog, Kafaji, Duqum, & Jamil, 2002; Weine et al., 1998). While the presence of psychological distress in this popu…

The purpose of this investigation was to examine variables related to somatization in Iranian-American adults. The variables which were studied include stress, as measured by the Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein., 1983); acculturation, as measured by the Sho…