Using the SCL-90-R to assess distress in African Americans and Caucasian Americans

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 420-433

  Ayalon, Liat ^a,b   Young, Michael A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Depression; Ethnicity; Paranoia; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349110063     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934706297873     Document Type: Article

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