Correlates of resilience in the face of adversity for Korean women immigrating to the US

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 415-422

  Lee, Hei Sung ^a   Brown, Stephen L ^b   Mitchell, Mary M ^a   Schiraldi, Glenn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Korean women; Optimism; Resilience; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; KOREA; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPTIMISM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; ROLE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 48449092783     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9104-4     Document Type: Article

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