Stress and african american women's smoking/drinking to cope: Moderating effects of kin social support

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 452-484

  Budescu, Mia ^a   Taylor, Ronald D ^a   McGill, Rebecca Kang ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; family systems; stress; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053140353     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798410396087     Document Type: Article

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