John Henryism Active Coping, Acculturation, and Psychological Health in Korean Immigrants

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 168-178

  Logan, Jeongok G ^a   Barksdale, Debra J ^b   James, Sherman A ^c   Chien, Lung Chang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; anxiety; depression; immigrants; John Henryism active coping; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ASIAN AMERICAN; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DEVICES; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85012041195     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659615615402     Document Type: Article

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