Problem drinking patterns among African Americans: The impacts of reports of discrimination, perceptions of prejudice, and "risky" coping strategies

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 408-425

  Martin, Jack K ^a,d,e   Tuch, Steven A ^b   Roman, Paul M ^c,e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Institute of Social Research   (United States)

^e Indiana University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WORKER; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0642334580     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1519787     Document Type: Article

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