Buffers of racial discrimination: Links with depression among rural african American mothers

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 346-359

  Odom, Erica C ^a   Vernon Feagans, Lynne ^a  

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

Author keywords

African Americans; Coping; Depression; Motherhood; Poverty; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952806070     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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