Role of religious involvement and spirituality in functioning among African Americans with cancer: Testing a mediational model

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 437-448

  Holt, Cheryl L ^a   Wang, Min Qi ^a   Caplan, Lee ^b   Schulz, Emily ^c   Blake, Victor ^b   Southward, Vivian L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cancer coping; Mechanisms; Mediation; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELIGION; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 82755189771     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-010-9310-8     Document Type: Article

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