How older hispanic immigrants in New York City cope with current traumatic stressors: Practice implications

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 503-516

  Strug, David L ^a   Mason, Susan E ^a   Auerbach, Charles ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief COPE; Coping strategies; Culture; Gerontology; Hispanics; IES R; Immigrant; Older adults; Stressors; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIGRATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 68349108070     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634370902983195     Document Type: Article

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