Psychological distress in non-hispanic white and hispanic abused women

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-29

  Torres, Sara ^a   Han, Hae Ra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ANXIETY; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034132471     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9417(00)80005-9     Document Type: Article

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