A review of sociocultural factors that may underlie differences in African American and European American anxiety

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 49, Issue , 2017, Pages 104-113

  Hopkins, Patricia D ^a   Shook, Natalie J ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Anxiety; Discrimination; Ethnic identity; Religiosity; Stigma

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STIGMA; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018372865     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.04.003     Document Type: Review

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