Triple jeopardy? Mental health at the intersection of gender, race, and class

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1791-1801

  Rosenfield, Sarah ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Gender; Intersectionality; Mental health; Race; Stratification; USA

Indexed keywords

CLASS; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; GENDER; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; RACE; SOCIAL THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; RACE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF SALIENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860249224     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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