Religiosity, religious coping styles, and health service use: Racial differences among elderly women

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 20-29

  Ark, Pamela D ^a   Hull, P C ^b   Husaini, B A ^b   Craun, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PUBLIC HOUSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; TENNESSEE; WOMEN;

EID: 33749057485     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20060801-05     Document Type: Article

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