Imprisoned by Empathy: Familial Incarceration and Psychological Distress among African American Men in the National Survey of American Life

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 240-256

  Brown, Tony N ^a   Bell, Mary Laske ^a   Patterson, Evelyn J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; empathetic inurement; family; incarceration; mental health status

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; EMPATHY; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FAMILY; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMPATHY; FAMILY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRISONERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84974622359     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146516645924     Document Type: Article

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