Religion, suffering, and self-rated health among older Mexican Americans

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-216

  Krause, Neal ^a   Bastida, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Mexican American; Religion; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATHOLICISM; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79953313893     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq086     Document Type: Article

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