An examination of socio-culturally specific stress and coping factors on smoking status among African American women

Stress and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 365-374

  Fernander, Anita ^a   Schumacher, Mitzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Coping; Smoking; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDEX OF RACE RELATED STRESS; JOHN HENRY SCALE FOR ACTIVE COPING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARRIAGE; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STRESS; STRESS;

EID: 64149093772     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1214     Document Type: Article

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