Examining Life-Course Socioeconomic Position, Contextualized Stress, and Depression among Well-Educated African-American Pregnant Women

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 382-389

  Curry Owens, Tracy ^a   Jackson, Fleda Mask ^b,c  

^a MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SPELMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Save 100 Babies   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; JACKSON HOGUE PHILLIPS CONTEXTUALIZED STRESS MEASURE; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY TEST; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MARITAL STATUS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937408507     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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