Religion and health in African Americans: The role of religious coping

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 190-199

  Holt, Cheryl L ^a   Clark, Eddie M ^b   Debnam, Katrina J ^c   Roth, David L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Health behaviors; Mediation; Religion; Religious coping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84888883532     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.38.2.4     Document Type: Article

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