Spiritual and Religious Resources in African American Women: Protection From Depressive Symptoms After Childbirth

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 283-291

  Cheadle, Alyssa C D ^a   Dunkel Schetter, Christine ^a   Gaines Lanzi, Robin ^b   Reed Vance, Maxine ^c   Sahadeo, Latoya S ^d   Shalowitz, Madeleine U ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Experience Corps Volunteer Program   (United States)

^d Eastern Baby Love Plus   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

community based research; depression; religious beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992856534     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702614531581     Document Type: Article

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