Differential effects of personal-level vs group-level racial discrimination on health among black americans

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 453-460

  Hagiwara, Nao ^a   Alderson, Courtney J ^a   Mezuk, Briana ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Americans; Health Disparities; Mental Health; Personal group Discrimination Discrepancy; Physical Health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; DRAWING; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PERCEPTION; RACISM; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84979672178     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: 19450826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18865/ed.26.3.453     Document Type: Article

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