Coping strategies as moderators of the relation between individual race-related stress and mental health symptoms for african american women

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-226

  Greer, Tawanda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; anxiety; coping behavior; interpersonal interaction; mental health; racism; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958144528     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684311399388     Document Type: Article

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