Cognitive appraisal vs. exposure-based stress measures links to perceived mental and physical health in low-income black women

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 202, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 807-812

  Hayman, Lenwood W ^a   Lucas, Todd ^b   Porcerelli, John H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FamilyMedicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; Cognitive appraisal; Dominance analysis; Health perceptions; Stress measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; STRESS; YOUNG ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STRESS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84915763332     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000198     Document Type: Article

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