Resiliency in the face of disadvantage: Do hispanic cultural characteristics protect health outcomes?

Journal of Personality

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1707-1746

  Gallo, Linda C ^a   Penedo, Frank J ^a   Espinosa De Los Monteros, Karla ^a   Arguelles, William ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349657623     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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