The impact of goal-striving stress on physical health of white Americans, African Americans, and Caribbean Blacks

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-28

  Sellers, Sherrill L ^a   Neighbors, Harold W ^b   Zhang, Rong ^b   Jackson, James S ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Goal striving stress; Health disparities; Physical health; Racial discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GOAL STRIVING STRESS; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RACISM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CARIBBEAN REGION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861694737     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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