Underlying Mechanisms in the Relationship Between Africentric Worldview and Depressive Symptoms

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-113

  Neblett Jr , Enrique W ^a   Hammond, Wizdom Powell ^b   Seaton, Eleanor K ^a   Townsend, Tiffany G ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africentric worldview; coping; depression; resilience; stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; NEGRO; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449109818     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017710     Document Type: Article

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