ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
PART 1
Health Locus of
Control
Psychosomaticism
Psychosomaticism and
Psychoimmunology
HLC and
Psychosomaticism
PART 2
Health Reality
Models
The (Cultural)
Etiology of Illness
Mode of
Acculturation
Well-Being and Mode
of Acculturation
Mode of Acculturation
and HLC
CONCLUSIONS
METHODS
Participants
Materials
Design
Procedure
RESULTS
DISCUSSION
Discussion of
Results
Confluence
Approach
Cultural
Competence
Creativity Amidst
Disillusionment
Stress in the
90's
Regaining
Control
When Externality is
Better
Future
Studies
REFERENCES
APPENDIXES
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
SPECIAL THANKS
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