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