Whites’ Depression More Hopeless than Blacks’ Depression; a National Study of Older Adults

AbstractBACKGROUND: Hopelessness is a core component of depression. Our information is, however, very limited on ethnic variations in the magnitude of the link between depression and hopelessness. Using a national sample of older adults in United States, we compared Blacks and Whites for the magnitu...

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Main Authors: Shervin eAssari, Maryam eMoghani Lankarani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00082/full