Help-seeking comfort and receiving social support: The role of ethnicity and context of need

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 545-581

  Kaniasty, Krzysztof ^a   Norris, Fran H ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community stress; Disasters; Ethnic cultural differences; Help seeking; Helping behavior; Racial differences; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISASTER; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NATURAL DISASTERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0034251747     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005192616058     Document Type: Article

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