Author : Marta Sotomayor
Publisher : University of Texas-Pan American Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Hispanic Elderly by : Marta Sotomayor
Download or read book Hispanic Elderly written by Marta Sotomayor and published by University of Texas-Pan American Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of ten scholarly articles based on a research study conducted by the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCoA). Data was collected from Mexican-American and Puerto Rican elderly residing in the rural areas of Northern New Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, and from the urban areas of San Antonio, Texas, and Hartford, Connecticut. The authors discuss acculturation levels, psychological strengths, life satisfaction, coping styles, religiosity, caregiving issues, traditional assumptions about extended familism, health status, economic supports as well as methodological issues regarding scales measuring self esteem, life satisfaction and mastery, health and economic status, and future directions.