✦ LIBER ✦

Depression, stressful life events, social support, and self-esteem in middle class African American women

✍ Scribed by Barbara Jones Warren

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 929 KB
Volume: 11
Category: Article
ISSN: 1532-8228
DOI: 10.1016/s0883-9417(97)80033-7

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

African American women, are at risk for development of depression because they are a racial minority and female, and often have multiple roles which affect their social supports and self-esteem. An exploratory study was conducted that examined relationships between depression, stressful life events, social support, and self-esteem in 100 middle class African American women aged 20 to 35 years. The conceptual framework for the study was derived from Beeber's (1987) model. Correlational analysis revealed a positive relationship between depression and stressful life events and a negative relationship between depression and social support. Regression analysis revealed that stressful life events and social support added significantly to the model whereas self-esteem did not.

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms a

Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among low-income, African American women with a history of intimate partner violence and suicidal behaviors: Self-esteem, social support, and religious coping

✍ Rebekah Bradley; Ann C. Schwartz; Nadine J. Kaslow 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 129 KB 👁 1 views

There is a dearth of research on risk/protective factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among low-income African American women with a history of intimate partner violence (IPV), presenting for suicidal behavior or routine medical care in a large, urban hospital. We examined self-esteem, s