Religious practices, beliefs, and mental health: Variations across ethnicity

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 171-185

  Sternthal, Michelle J ^a   Williams, David R ^a   Musick, Marc A ^b   Buck, Anna C ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; race; religion and mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEALTH IMPACT; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; SYMPTOM;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHICAGO; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859524263     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2012.655264     Document Type: Article

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