Multiple roles, multiple lives: The protective effects of role responsibilities on the health functioning of African American mothers

Women and Health

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 144-163

  Black, Angela Rose ^a   Murry, Velma Mcbride ^b   Cutrona, Carolyn E ^c   Chen, Yi Fu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Health; Mothers; Role responsibilities; Stressors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; ROLE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049135775     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630240902915051     Document Type: Article

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