Loneliness and self-rated health among church-attending African Americans

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 481-491

  Fisher, Felicia D ^a   Reitzel, Lorraine R ^a   Nguyen, Nga ^b   Savoy, Elaine J ^a   Advani, Pragati S ^c   Cuevas, Adolfo G ^d   Vidrine, Jennifer I ^b   Wetter, David W ^b   McNeill, Lorna H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Loneliness; Self rated health; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CHRISTIANITY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRISTIANITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897047891     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.38.4.1     Document Type: Article

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