Contextualized Stress, Global Stress, and Depression in Well-Educated, Pregnant, African-American Women

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Jackson, Fleda Mask ^a   Rowley, Diane L ^b   Curry Owens, Tracy ^c  

^a Save 100 Babies and the National Center for Health Behavioral Change   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTEXTUALIZED STRESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLOBAL STRESS; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INCOME; MARITAL STATUS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860385232     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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