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He always thinks he is nothing

The psychosocial impact of discrimination on adolescent refugees in urban Uganda

Bibliographic Data

ID4593634
AuthorsLindsay Stark (0000-0002-8775-9735, Columbia University), Willyanne Decormier Plosky (0000-0001-5641-2686, Columbia University), Rebecca Horn (0000-0002-9869-544X), Mark Canavera (0000-0003-1859-1876, Columbia University)
Year2015
Volume146
Pages173-181
Publication date2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science & Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.045
PMID26517294
OpenAlexW1758092382
LanguageEN
Citations received28
References cited22

Criminology · Nothing · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Refugee · Sociology · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy · Psychology

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Unique citing works28
Citations per year3,11
Citation span2017 - 2026 (10)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 28

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