Factors associated with attributions about child health conditions and social distance preference

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 286-299

  Mukolo, Abraham ^a   Heflinger, Craig Anne ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Child mental health; Race; Rurality; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79959760809     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-010-9325-1     Document Type: Article

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