Social support, life events, and psychological distress among the Puerto Rican population in the Boston area of the United States

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 863-873

  Falcon, Luis M ^a   Todorova, Irina ^a   Tucker, Katherine ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Gender; Hispanics; Social networks; Social support; Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORBECK SOCIAL SUPPORT QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; BOSTON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70449353647     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860903046552     Document Type: Article

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