Perceived neighborhood disorder, community cohesion, and PTSD symptoms among low-income African Americans in an Urban health setting

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-37

  Gapen, Mark ^a   Cross, Dorthie ^a   Ortigo, Kile ^a   Graham, Allen ^a   Johnson, Eboni ^a   Evces, Mark ^a   Ressler, Kerry J ^a   Bradley, Bekh ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community cohesion; Ecological factors; Low income African American adults; Mediational model; Neighborhood characteristics; PTSD; Risk and resilience; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY COHESION; COMMUNITY COHESION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODIFIED PTSD SYMPTOMS SCALE; NEIGHBORHOOD DISORDER; NEIGHBORHOOD DISORDER SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RACE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 78650995138     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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