A preliminary study of the moderating role of church-based social support in the relationship between racist experiences and general anxiety symptoms

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 268-276

  Graham, Jessica R ^a   Roemer, Lizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coping; Culture; Racism; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866942148     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028695     Document Type: Article

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