The Effect of Acculturation and Immigration on the Victimization and Psychological Distress Link in a National Sample of Latino Women

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1428-1456

  Cuevas, Carlos A ^a   Sabina, Chiara ^b   Bell, Kristin A ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; immigrant; interpersonal violence; Latinas; SALAS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRIME VICTIMS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860500058     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260511425797     Document Type: Article

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