Interactive effects of perceived racism and coping responses predict a school-based assessment of blood pressure in black youth

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Clark, Rodney ^a   Gochett, Philip ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; RACISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745934821     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm3201_1     Document Type: Article

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