Spirituality, social support, and worry about health: Relationships in a sample of HIV+ women

Social Thought

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 37-52

  Reese, Dona J ^a   Kaplan, Mark S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Ethnicity; HIV+ women; Social support; Spirituality; Worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961834767     PISSN: 0099183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2000.9960273     Document Type: Article

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