Stressors in African American marriages and families: A qualitative exploration

Stress, Trauma and Crisis

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 203-225

  Marks, Loren ^a   Nesteruk, Olena ^a   Hopkins Williams, Katrina ^a   Swanson, Mandy ^a   Davis, Tanya ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Black; Coping; Marriage; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750569613     PISSN: 15434613     EISSN: 15434591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15434610600854061     Document Type: Review

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