Resilience, social support, and psychological disturbance in Hispanic women residing in a battered women's shelter on the U.S./Mexico border

Hispanic Health Care International

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 224-230

  Schultz, Pamela ^a   Roditti, Martha ^a   Gillette, Madeline ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Hispanic women; Psychological disturbance; Resilience; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MEXICO; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73349099077     PISSN: 15404153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1540-4153.7.4.224     Document Type: Article

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