African american women's beliefs about mental illness, stigma, and preferred coping behaviors

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 480-492

  Ward, Earlise C ^a   Heidrich, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Attitudes about mental illness; Beliefs about mental illness; Coping behaviors; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349305277     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20344     Document Type: Article

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