How discrimination and stress affects self-esteem among dominican immigrant women: An exploratory study

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-77

  Panchanadeswaran, Subadra ^a   Dawson, Beverly Araujo ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discrimination; Dominican immigrant women; Self esteem; stress

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; AGE CLASS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH IMPACT; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; RACIAL DISPARITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651256952     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911350903341069     Document Type: Article

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