Examining the life script of African-Americans: A test of the cultural life script

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 419-426

  Coleman, Justin T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SCRIPT; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE AND RELATED PHENOMENA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SEMANTIC MEMORY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84897962802     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.3000     Document Type: Article

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