A research agenda for the black middle class: Work stress, survival strategies, and mental health

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 442-455

  Jackson, Pamela Braboy ^a   Stewart, Quincy Thomas ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL STUDY; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORK;

EID: 0642365182     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1519789     Document Type: Article

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