Comparison of African American college students' coping with racially and nonracially stressful events

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-339

  Hoggard, Lori S ^a   Byrd, Christy M ^a   Sellers, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cognitive appraisals; Coping; Nonracially stressful event; Racially stressful event

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RACISM; STRESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREJUDICE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RACISM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872229311     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029437     Document Type: Article

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