The Hispanic women's social stressor scale: Understanding the multiple social stressors of U.S.- and Mexico-born hispanic women

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-229

  Goodkind, Jessica R ^a   Gonzales, Melissa ^b   Malcoe, Lorraine H ^c   Espinosa, Judith ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanic; Immigrant; Measurement; Mexico; Scale; Social stressors; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149194289     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: 15526364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986308316178     Document Type: Article

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