Meeting life challenges: A hierarchy of coping styles in african american and jewish american older adults

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 155-174

  Nelson Becker, Holly B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Ethnicity; Jewish Americans; Life challenge; Older adults; Problem solving; Religion; Stress and coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248606881     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v10n01_03     Document Type: Article

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