Stress, depression and coping among latino migrant and seasonal farmworkers

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1815-1830

  Burke Winkelman, Sloane ^a   Chaney, Elizabeth H ^b   Bethel, Jeffrey W ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Depression; Latino; Migrant and seasonal farmworkers; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COPING STRATEGY; LATINO PEOPLE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRANT WORKER;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY STRESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB SECURITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRANT WORKER; PHYSICAL STRESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877621083     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10051815     Document Type: Article

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