Acculturation and acculturative stress as predictors of psychological distress and quality-of-life functioning in Hispanic psychiatric patients

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-311

  Thoman, Lisa Vinuesa ^a   Surís, Alina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation level; Acculturation type; Acculturative stress; Hispanic; Hispanic stress inventory; Psychological assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543125290     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986304267993     Document Type: Article

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