Vigilance in the discrimination-stress model for Black Americans

Psychology and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 253-267

  Himmelstein, Mary S ^a,b   Young, Danielle M ^b   Sanchez, Diana T ^a,b   Jackson, James S ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

coping strategies; discrimination; health disparities; self rated health; stress; vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREJUDICE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84920717070     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2014.966104     Document Type: Article

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