En las Manos de Dios [in God's Hands]: Religious and Other Forms of Coping among Latinos with Arthritis

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-102

  Abraído Lanza, Ana F ^a   Vásquez, Elizabeth ^a,b   Echeverría, Sandra E ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PAIN; RELIGION; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RELIGION;

EID: 12144285898     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.72.1.91     Document Type: Article

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