Changing constructions of machismo for latino men in therapy: "The devil never sleeps"

Family Process

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-329

  Falicov, Celia Jaes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative discourses to machismo; Engaging latino men in therapy; Multiple masculinities; Strength based constructs for latino men; Treating humiliation and shame

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956501253     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01325.x     Document Type: Article

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