The Misunderstood Schema of the Strong Black Woman: Exploring Its Mental Health Consequences and Coping Responses Among African American Women

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 84-104

  Liao, Kelly Yu Hsin ^a   Wei, Meifen ^b   Yin, Mengxi ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

and spiritual coping; collective coping; maladaptive perfectionism; self compassion; strong Black woman schema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FAMILY INCOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PERFECTIONISM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EID: 85074839338     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684319883198     Document Type: Article

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