SES and race-ethnic differences in the stress-buffering effects of coping resources among young adults

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 198-216

  Gayman, Mathew D ^a   Cislo, Andrew M ^b   Goidel, Alexa R ^a   Ueno, Koji ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic status; Stress buffering; Young adults

Indexed keywords

BUFFERING; DATA SET; HEALTH IMPACT; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MIAMI-DADE COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896141337     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2013.828827     Document Type: Article

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