Everyday racial discrimination and hypertension among midlife african american women: Disentangling the role of active coping dispositions versus active coping behaviors

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2019, Pages

  Michaels, Eli K ^a   Reeves, Alexis N ^a   Thomas, Marilyn D ^a   Price, Melisa M ^a   Hasson, Rebecca E ^b   Chae, David H ^c   Allen, Amani M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; Coping; Health disparities; Hypertension; John henryism; Racial discrimination; Stress

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; COPING STRATEGY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HYPERTENSION; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ACTIVE COPING WITH RACISM SCALE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COPING DISPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVERYDAY DISCRIMINATION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOHN HENRYISM ACTIVE COPING SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; CALIFORNIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; RACISM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85075788158     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16234759     Document Type: Article

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