Challenges and strategies to maintaining emotional health: Qualitative perspectives of mexican immigrant mothers

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1556-1575

  Ornelas, India J ^a   Perreira, Krista M ^a   Beeber, Linda ^a   Maxwell, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant; Latino Hispanic; Mental health; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350129015     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09336651     Document Type: Article

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