Africentric cultural values, psychological help-seeking attitudes, and self-concealment in African American college students

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 369-385

  Wallace, Barbara C ^a   Constantine, Madonna G ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Attitudes toward counseling; Cultural values; Self concealment

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644511597     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798405281025     Document Type: Article

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