Predictors of Depression in a Sample of African-American Homeless Men: Identifying Effective Coping Strategies Given Varying Levels of Daily Stressors

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-29

  Littrell, Jill ^a   Beck, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Coping; Homeless; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); EMOTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 0035258465     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026588204527     Document Type: Article

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