Male gender role strain as a barrier to African American men's physical activity

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 482-491

  Griffith, Derek M ^a   Gunter, Katie ^b   Allen, Julie Ober ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; gender; masculinity; physical activity; role strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79960790691     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198110383660     Document Type: Article

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