The mediating role of social support, cognitive appraisal, and quality health care in black mothers' stress-resilience process following loss to gun violence

Violence and Victims

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-247

  Bailey, Annette ^a   Sharma, Manoj ^b   Jubin, Michelle ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Cognitive appraisal; Gun violence; Resilience; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84894035442     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.11-00151     Document Type: Article

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