The Influence of Religious Coping on the Acculturative Stress of Recent Latino Immigrants

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 171-194

  Sanchez, Mariana ^a   Dillon, Frank ^a   Ruffin, Beverly ^a   de la Rosa, Mario ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; immigrant; Latinos; religiosity; religious coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865499384     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15313204.2012.700443     Document Type: Article

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