Interpersonal discrimination and depressive symptomatology: Examination of several personality-related characteristics as potential confounders in a racial/ethnic heterogeneous adult sample

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hunte, Haslyn E R ^a   King, Katherine ^b   Hicken, Margaret ^c   Lee, Hedwig ^d   Lewis, Tené T ^e  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Discrimination (psychology); Personality; Psychological; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGER; ATTITUDE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887737828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1084     Document Type: Article

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