"I'm a keep rising. I'm a keep going forward, regardless": Exploring black men's resilience amid sociostructural challenges and stressors

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 524-533

  Teti, Michelle ^a   Martin, Ashley E ^b   Ranade, Richa ^c   Massie, Jenne ^c   Malebranche, David J ^d   Tschann, Jeanne M ^e   Bowleg, Lisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; interviews; men's health; resilience; semistructured; social issues

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAPE RECORDING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857811064     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311422051     Document Type: Review

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