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Racial Differences in Physical and Mental Health
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, David R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYu, Yanen_US
dc.contributor.authorJackson, James S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Normanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:12:07Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T19:12:07Z
dc.date.issued1997en_US
dc.identifier.citationWilliams, David; Yu, Yan; Jackson, James; Anderson, Norman (1997). "Racial Differences in Physical and Mental Health." Journal of Health Psychology 2(3): 335-351. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67159>en_US
dc.identifier.issn1359-1053en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67159
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the extent to which racial differences in socio-economic status (SES), social class and acute and chronic indicators of perceived discrimination, as well as general measures of stress can account for black-white differences in self-reported measures of physical and mental health. The observed racial differences in health were markedly reduced when adjusted for education and especially income. However, both perceived discrimination and more traditional measures of stress are related to health and play an incremental role in accounting for differences between the races in health status. These findings underscore the need for research efforts to identify the complex ways in which economic and non-economic forms of discrimination relate to each other and combine with socio-economic position and other risk factors and resources to affect health.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.subject.otherRaceen_US
dc.subject.otherRacial Biasen_US
dc.subject.otherSocial Classen_US
dc.subject.otherSocio-economic Statusen_US
dc.subject.otherStressen_US
dc.titleRacial Differences in Physical and Mental Healthen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan, USA, wildavid@umich.eduen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherNational Institutes of Health, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, Bethesda, Maryland, USAen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67159/2/10.1177_135910539700200305.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/135910539700200305en_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Health Psychologyen_US
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