Gendered power in cultural contexts: Part I. Immigrant couples

Family Process

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-23

  MacIel, Jose A ^a   Van Putten, Zanetta ^a   Knudson Martin, Carmen ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Culture; Gender; Immigrants; Power; Social Context

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COUPLES THERAPY; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449203844     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2009.01264.x     Document Type: Article

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