Life stress, social support, and weil-being among college-educated African American women

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 55-73

  Elliott Brown, Karin A ^a   Parker Dominguez, Tyan ^b   Sorey, Marcia ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

College educated; Depression; Life stress; Social support; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999307915     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J051v09n01_04     Document Type: Article

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