Chronic medical conditions and major depressive disorder: Differential role of positive religious coping among African Americans, caribbean blacks and non-hispanic whites

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 405-413

  Assari, Shervin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Caribbean blacks; Chronic medical conditions; Ethnicity; Major depressive disorder; Non hispanic whites; Positive religious coping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLACK PERSON; CARIBBEAN BLACKS; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION;

EID: 84899411394     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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