General Well-Being of Korean Immigrant Elders: The Significance of Religiousness/Spirituality and Social Support

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 483-497

  Roh, Soonhee ^a   Lee, Kyoung Hag ^b   Yoon, Dong Pil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

General well being; Korean immigrant elders; religiousness spirituality; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881651798     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2012.709451     Document Type: Article

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