Situational stressors among African-American women living in low-income Urban Areas: The role of social support

Women and Health

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-175

  Ajrouch, Kristine J ^a   Reisine, Susan ^b   Lim, Sungwoo ^c   Sohn, Woosung ^c   Ismail, Amid ^d  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional support; Food insufficiency; Instrumental support; Neighborhood disorganization; Poverty; Psychological distress; Race

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MICHIGAN; MOTHERS; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951706861     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630241003705045     Document Type: Article

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