ISSN:
1573-367X
Keywords:
depression
;
ethnicity
;
African-American
;
substance abuse
;
mental health problems in women
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Sociology
Notes:
Abstract The present study examined the influence(s) of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and substance abuse on depressive symptomatology in a sample of African-American, Dominican, Irish-American, and Puerto Rican women of child-bearing age. While the initial analyses indicated ethnic differences in depressive symptomatology, these differences, with the exception of the difference observed in positive affect, disappeared when socioeconomic status and substance use were controlled. Thus the observed differences between the four groups of women in overall CES-D scores, somatic complaints and negative affect resulted, in large measure, from the divergent socioeconomic circumstances of the four groups.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1023278126061
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