Perfectionism and depression among low-income chronically Ill African American and white adolescents and their maternal parent

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 171-181

  Rice, Kenneth G ^a   Tucker, Carolyn M ^a   Desmond, Frederic F ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Depression; Ethnicity; Perfectionism; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PERFECTIONISM; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51049109424     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10880-008-9119-6     Document Type: Article

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