Strengths and vulnerabilities of women of Mexican descent in relation to depressive symptoms

Nursing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-182

  Heilemann, MarySue V ^a   Lee, Kathryn A ^b   Kury, Felix Salvador ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Latina; Mastery; Resilience; Women of Mexican descent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MULTILINGUALISM; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036582929     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200205000-00006     Document Type: Article

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