Religious coping and acculturation stress among Hindu Bhutanese: A study of newly-resettled refugees in the United States

International Social Work

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 538-553

  Benson, G Odessa ^a   Sun, Fei ^a   Hodge, David R ^a   Androff, David K ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation stress; Bhutan; Hinduism; refugees; religious coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862751810     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872811417474     Document Type: Article

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