Direct and moderating effects of community context on the psychological well-being of African American women

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1088-1101

  Cutrona, Carolyn E ^b   Russell, Daniel W ^c   Hessling, Robert M ^a   Brown, P Adama ^c   Murry, Velma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MOTHERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0034567192     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.79.6.1088     Document Type: Article

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