The link between mastery and depression among black adolescents; Ethnic and gender differences

Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Assari, Shervin ^a,b   Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African Americans; Depression; Ethnic groups; Mastery; Population groups; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040672811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2076328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/bs7020032     Document Type: Article

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