Do Human and Social Capital Protect Young African American Mothers from Depression Associated with Ethnic Discrimination and Violence Exposure?

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 286-310

  Lewin, Amy ^a   Mitchell, Stephanie J ^a   Rasmussen, Andrew ^b   Sanders Phillips, Kathy ^c   Joseph, Jill G ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; discrimination; ethnic identity; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959389513     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798410381242     Document Type: Article

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