Social support: A cultural model

Human Organization

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 420-429

  Berges, Ivonne Marie ^a   Dallo, Florence ^c   DiNuzzo, Anthony ^a   Lackan, Nuha ^b   Weller, Susan C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural consensus models; Cultural models; Social support; U.S. culture

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; ETHNIC MINORITY; MODELING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846844854     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.65.4.5nfbjvefetevqvlc     Document Type: Article

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