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A Primary Care Study of the Correlates of Depressive Symptoms Among Jordanian Women

Hamada Hamid

New York University

Nizam Saleh Abu-Hijleh

Samar Lutfi Sharif

Mohammad Zayed Raqab

Diana Mas’ad

Adnan Abbas

University of Jordan

A standardized Arabic version of the Beck Depression Inventory-II was administered to 493 randomly selected Arab women attending primary care out-patient centers in West Amman, Jordan.Women were asked about demographic data as well as questions from a negative life events questionnaire. The mean Beck score was 13.02 (± 8.13). Demographic factors and negative life events accounted for 17.1% of the variance in the total Beck score. Self-reported financial problems and health problems as well as marital separation were the strongest contributors. Family problems and work stress made smaller contributions to depressive symptoms.

Key Words: Arabs • cross-cultural differences • depression • Jordan • primary care • women

Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 41, No. 4, 487-496 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1363461504047931
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