Racial differences in social support: Kin versus friends

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 374-380

  Griffin, Margaret L ^a   Amodeo, Maryann ^a   Clay, Cassandra ^a   Fassler, Irene ^a   Ellis, Michael A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kin versus friends; Race; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELATIVE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33749021359     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.3.374     Document Type: Article

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