Risk and Resilience in Rural Communities: The Experiences of Immigrant Latina Mothers

Family Relations

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 559-570

  Raffaelli, Marcela ^a   Tran, Steve P ^a   Wiley, Angela R ^a   Galarza Heras, Maria ^a   Lazarevic, Vanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Latinos; Protective factors; Resilience; Risk factors; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865841386     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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