Church-Based Social Relationships, Belonging, and Health Among Older Mexican Americans

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 397-409

  Krause, Neal ^a   Bastida, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belonging; Health; Mexican Americans; Social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HISPANIC; HISTORY; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

HEALTH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; RELIGION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79958057851     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01575.x     Document Type: Article

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