Social capital, acculturation, mental health, and perceived access to services among Mexican American women

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-185

  Valencia Garcia, Dellanira ^a,c   Simoni, Jane M ^a   Alegría, Margarita ^b   Takeuchi, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

access to services; acculturation; mental health; Mexican American women; social capital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN;

EID: 84864302800     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027207     Document Type: Article

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