Black women talk about workplace stress and how they cope

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-226

  Hall, J Camille ^a   Everett, Joyce E ^b   Hamilton Mason, Johnnie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; coping responses; racism; sexism; stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84856771943     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934711413272     Document Type: Article

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