Stress and depression in Latin American immigrants: The mediating role of religiosity

European Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 479-484

  Kirchner, T ^a   Patino C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depression symptoms; Immigrant; Latin American; Mediational analyses; Religiosity; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 78649903675     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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