How Racial Identity Moderates the Impact of Financial Stress on Mental Health among African Americans

Society and Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-54

  Hughes, Michael ^a   Kiecolt, K Jill ^a   Keith, Verna M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

economic strains; mastery; mental health; race ethnicity; self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993811952     PISSN: 21568693     EISSN: 21568731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156869313509635     Document Type: Article

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