Coping variables that mediate the relation between intimate partner violence and mental health outcomes among low-income, African American women

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1503-1520

  Mitchell, Michelle D ^a   Hargrove, Gabrielle L ^b   Collins, Marietta H ^a   Thompson, Martie P ^c   Reddick, Tiffany L ^d   Kaslow, Nadine J ^a,e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Anxiety; Coping; Depression; Intimate partner violence; Parenting stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845254580     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20305     Document Type: Article

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