Neighborhood characteristics and depression an examination of stress processes

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 188-192

  Cutrona, Carolyn E ^a,b   Wallace, Gail ^a   Wesner, Kristin A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Social and Behavioral Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Depression; Neighborhood; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748796872     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2006.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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