Racial Differences in Exposure and Reactivity to Daily Family Stressors

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 572-586

  Cichy, Kelly E ^a   Stawski, Robert S ^b   Almeida, David M ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Culture race ethnicity; Family diversity; Family stress; Time diary methods; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861470657     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.00971.x     Document Type: Article

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