Disaster Impact Across Cultural Groups: Comparison of Whites, African Americans, and Latinos

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 97-105

  Davidson, Tatiana M ^a   Price, Matthew ^a   McCauley, Jenna L ^a   Ruggiero, Kenneth J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural groups; Depression; Disaster impact; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CYCLONIC STORMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISASTERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881030236     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-013-9579-1     Document Type: Article

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