Discrimination, mastery, and depressive symptoms among African American men

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-277

  Watkins, Daphne C ^a   Hudson, Darrell L ^b   Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard ^a   Siefert, Kristine ^a   Jackson, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; depressive symptoms; discrimination; mastery

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953760552     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731510385470     Document Type: Article

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