Testing an intervention to reduce negative thinking, depressive symptoms, and chronic stressors in low-income single mothers

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 268-274

  Peden, Ann R ^a   Rayens, Mary Kay ^a   Hall, Lynne A ^a   Grant, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic stressors; Depression; Negative thinking; Single mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PARENT; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; NEGATIVISM; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE PARENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING;

EID: 27744562827     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2005.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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