Coping with stressful events: Influence of parental alcoholism and race in a community sample of women

Health and Social Work

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-257

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

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholic parents; Coping; Coping responses inventory; Racial differences; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOLISM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349010563     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/32.4.247     Document Type: Article

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