Ethnic Density and Depressive Symptoms Among African Americans: Threshold and Differential Effects Across Social and Demographic Subgroups | Zendy

Laia Bécares | Zendy; James Nazroo | Zendy; James S. Jackson | Zendy

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Ethnic Density and Depressive Symptoms Among African Americans: Threshold and Differential Effects Across Social and Demographic Subgroups

Author(s) -

Laia Bécares,

James Nazroo,

James S. Jackson

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.302047

Subject(s) - ethnic group , socioeconomic status , demography , mental health , association (psychology) , medicine , gerontology , psychology , population , psychiatry , sociology , anthropology , psychotherapist

We examined the association between Black ethnic density and depressive symptoms among African Americans. We sought to ascertain whether a threshold exists in the association between Black ethnic density and an important mental health outcome, and to identify differential effects of this association across social, economic, and demographic subpopulations.

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