Among 96 Hispanic adults, mostly recent immigrants responding in Spanish, intercultural competence contributed to variance in acculturative distress beyond that already accounted for by general coping, acculturation, and sociodemographic variables. Intercultural competence best predicted acculturati
Acculturation, health, stress, and psychological distress among elderly Hispanics
β Scribed by Thanh V. Tran; Tanya Fitzpatrick; William R. Berg; Roosevelt Wright
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 899 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0169-3816
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