The role of ethnic identity in symptoms of anxiety and depression in African Americans

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-36

  Williams, Monnica Terwilliger ^a   Chapman, Lloyd Kevin ^a   Wong, Judy ^b   Turkheimer, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; African Americans; Anxiety disorders; Ethnic differences; Ethnic identity; Mood disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIGROUP ETHNIC IDENTITY MEASURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84869083797     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.03.049     Document Type: Article

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