Stress and Coping in African American Women With Chronic Heart Disease: A Cultural Cognitive Coping Model

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-54

  Warren Findlow, Jan ^a   Issel, L Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; coping; heart disease; self care; stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 73149084167     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659609348622     Document Type: Article

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