Social status determinants of control in individuals' accounts of their mental illness

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 949-961

  Maher, Erin J ^a   Kroska, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Control; Mental health; Social status; USA

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGRO; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036323399     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00223-4     Document Type: Article

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