Romantic Relationships and Health among African American Young Adults: Linking Patterns of Relationship Quality over Time to Changes in Physical and Mental Health

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 369-385

  Barr, Ashley B ^a   Culatta, Elizabeth ^a   Simons, Ronald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; latent transition analysis; mental health; physical health; romantic relationships; social support; young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LATENT TRANSITION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG ADULTHOOD;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; LATENT TRANSITION ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL HEALTH; ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULTHOOD;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COURTSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884169032     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146513486652     Document Type: Article

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