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Race, socioeconomic status, and psychiatric impairment: A research note
Author(s) -
Neff James Alan,
Husaini Baqar A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198001)8:1<16::aid-jcop2290080104>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - race (biology) , socioeconomic status , depression (economics) , psychology , social class , center for epidemiologic studies depression scale , psychiatry , demography , gerontology , medicine , clinical psychology , depressive symptoms , population , anxiety , sociology , gender studies , political science , law , macroeconomics , economics
The relationship between race and psychiatric impairment was examined with regard to three measures of psychiatric status. Data on the Health Opinion Survey, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies‐Depression Scale, and the General Well‐Being Schedule collected on a rural Tennessee sample ( n = 713) indicated a significant zero‐order relationship between race and impairment only for the depression index. No race differences were obtained when controls for SES‐related variables were instituted. The data support the recent suggestion that higher levels of impairment among blacks may be an artifact of social class standing.