Relationships among health factors and everyday problem solving in African Americans

Health Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 641-644

  Whitfield, Keith E ^a   Allaire, Jason C ^b   Wiggins, Sebrina A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cognition; Everyday problem solving; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVERYDAY PROBLEM TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICS;

EID: 7444244380     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.23.6.641     Document Type: Article

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