A holistic model for understanding and predicting depressive symptoms in african-american women

Taylor, Jerome; Henderson, Delores; Jackson, Beryl B.

doi:10.1002/1520-6629(199110)19:4<306::aid-jcop2290190403>3.0.co;2-z

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“…Also, minorities and women tend to report higher levels of distress (Kessler and Cleary 1980;Jackson 1997;Linn et al 1990). Brown andGary (1985, 1988), McAdoo (1995) and Taylor et al (1991) have all sought to examine differences in depressive symptoms based exclusively on data from urban, African…”

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“…First, slightly more than 80 percent of African Americans reside in urban areas; however, their origins are primarily southern and research on African American women has focused almost exclusively on their experiences in northern metropolitan areas (Brown and Gary 1988;Taylor et al 1991). Despite the reality of the "Great Migration", African Americans reside in the southern states in higher proportion than any other region of the U.S. Second, a new demographic trend has emerged among African Americans in recent years, with a return migration from cities in the West, Midwest and…”

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“…The economic status of many African American women is likely to result in stress; however, research on the mechanisms linking economic conditions with mental health outcomes for this group remains limited in scope (Brown and Gary 1988;Meyers 1992;Taylor et al 1991). Three key areas are important for understanding these processes for African American women: macroeconomic changes of the 1970s and 1980s, research on the mental health of African Americans in general, and findings from the economic stress literature.…”

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“…Aside from the traditional measures of stress, attention was given to two important factors that Taylor et al (1991) months and 7 to 24 months prior to the survey. Data consisted of a sample of 318…”

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“…(McLoydetal. 1994;Taylor et al 1991). In recent years, a body of research has emerged that either compared African Americans to Whites with regard to subjective perceptions of mental health, or a more serious distress outcome such as depression.…”

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