Uses of ministerial support by African Americans: A focus group study

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-258

  Mattis, Jacqueline S ^a,f   Mitchell, N'Jeri ^a   Zapata, Alix ^b   Grayman, Nyasha A ^c   Taylor, Robert Joseph ^e   Chatters, Linda M ^d   Neighbors, Harold W ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Church; Coping; Ministers; Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; RELIGION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PASTORAL CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34249787020     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.2.249     Document Type: Article

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