African Americans - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Smoking-related weight concerns among underserved, black maternal smokers.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To expand understanding of a smoking cessation barrier for women, weight concerns, in a medically underserved population. METHODS: Baseline weight concerns were examined among 235 low-income, black maternal smokers enrolled in a smoking ... Read more...

Defense mechanisms and Major Depressive Disorder in African American women.

29 Sep 2009 This study explored differences in defense use between a group of predominantly African American women diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD; n = 20) and a healthy control sample (n = 20), both from a primary care medical clinic. Patients ... Read more...

African American women's beliefs about mental illness, stigma, and preferred coping behaviors.

29 Sep 2009 We examined African American women's representations/beliefs about mental illness, preferred coping behaviors if faced with mental illness, whether perceived stigma was associated with treatment-seeking, and if so, whether it was related to beliefs ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'African Americans - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Smoking-related weight concerns among underserved, black maternal smokers. 30 Oct 2009
• Defense mechanisms and Major Depressive Disorder in African American women. 29 Sep 2009
• African American women's beliefs about mental illness, stigma, and preferred coping behaviors. 29 Sep 2009
• The efficacy of HIV/STI behavioral interventions for African American females in the United States: a meta-analysis. 15 Sep 2009
• Relationship between alcohol use and violent behavior among urban African American youths from adolescence to emerging adulthood: a longitudinal study. 15 Sep 2009
• Disease activity and damage are not associated with increased levels of fatigue in systemic lupus erythematosus patients from a multiethnic cohort: LXVII. 13 Sep 2009
• Determinants of low-fat eating behaviors among midlife African American women. 30 Aug 2009
• HIV testing and conspiracy beliefs regarding the origins of HIV among African Americans. 30 Aug 2009
• Displaying employee testimonials on recruitment web sites: effects of communication media, employee race, and job seeker race on organizational attraction and information credibility. 30 Aug 2009
• Barriers to asthma management among urban families: caregiver and child perspectives. 30 Aug 2009
• Racial differences in motivators and barriers to blood donation among blood donors. 30 Aug 2009
• Development and validation of the eating stimulus index in low-income, minority women in early postpartum. 30 Aug 2009
• Genetic investigation of race and addiction. 30 Aug 2009
• Toward model-driven interventions for African Americans with cognitive-communicative disorders. 24 Aug 2009
• Adolescent dispositions for antisocial behavior in context: the roles of neighborhood dangerousness and parental knowledge. 30 Jul 2009
• Neighborhood characteristics, adherence to walking, and depressive symptoms in midlife African American women. 30 Jul 2009
• Self-concept, self-esteem, gender, race, and information technology use. 30 Jul 2009
• Contraceptive withdrawal in adolescents: a complex picture of usage. 30 Jul 2009
• Life satisfaction and self-reported problems after spinal cord injury: measurement of underlying dimensions. 30 Jul 2009
• Patient race influences colorectal cancer screening rate and potentially affects choice of screening method. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'African Americans'

Definition: Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the black groups of Africa.

Descriptor UI: D001741

Alternative terms: African Americans; Americans, African;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; ethnology; genetics;

Tree Number: M01.686.508.100.100; M01.686.754.100;

History Note: 76; was NEGROES 1963-75