Acculturation and Associated Effects on Abused Immigrant Women’s Safety and Mental Functioning: Results of Entry Data for a 7-year Prospective Study

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1077-1084

  Nava, Angeles ^a   McFarlane, Judith ^a   Gilroy, Heidi ^a   Maddoux, John ^b  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Office of Research and Sponsored Programs   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Immigrant women; Intimate partner violence; Mental health; Safety behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT; FEMALE; HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911931737     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-013-9816-6     Document Type: Article

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