Discrimination and psychological distress: Does Whiteness matter for Arab Americans?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2116-2123

  Abdulrahim, Sawsan ^a   James, Sherman A ^b   Yamout, Rouham ^a   Baker, Wayne ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab Americans; Discrimination; Psychological distress; United States; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; ETHNICITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RACIAL IDENTITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION;

ADULT; AGE; ARAB; ARAB AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KESSLER PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RACISM; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN COLOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; THREAT; UNITED STATES; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869493182     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.07.030     Document Type: Article

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