The Buffering Effects of Emotion Regulation in the Relationship Between Experiences of Racism and Anxiety in a Black American Sample

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 553-563

  Graham, Jessica R ^a   Calloway, Amber ^b   Roemer, Lizabeth ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Anxiety; Emotion regulation; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RACISM; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84941414786     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-015-9682-8     Document Type: Article

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