Is John Henryism a resilience factor in women experiencing intimate partner violence?

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 601-616

  Kramer, Nicole M ^a,b   Johnson, Nicole L ^a   Johnson, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; intimate partner violence; PTSD; racial differences; resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940460111     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2014.1000879     Document Type: Article

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