Status inequalities, perceived discrimination, and eudaimonic well-being: Do the challenges of minority life hone purpose and growth?

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-291

  Ryff, Carol D ^a,d,e,f,g   Keyes, Corey L M ^b,h,i   Hughes, Diane L ^c,i,j,k,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Institute on Aging   (United States)

^e The Gerontological Society of America   (United States)

^f Ctr for Adv Stud Behav Sciences   (United States)

^g Midlife U States (MIDUS II) N   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Rollins School of Public Health ^*

^j John T Catherine D MacArthur F   (United States)

^k Russell Sage Foundation   (United States)

^l Soc Res Child Devmt Black Caucus

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WELLBEING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642334586     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1519779     Document Type: Review

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