Extended Family Relationships, Social Support, and Mental Health in a Southern Black Community
Journal of Health and Social BehaviorPublished 1 March 1985
William W. Dressler
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Les perspectives contemporaines sur la famille noire suggerent que the famille etendue est une source essentielle de support social a l'interieur de the communaute noire.
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Les perspectives contemporaines sur la famille noire suggerent que la famille etendue est une source essentielle de support social a l'interieur de la communaute noire. Les influences sur l'etat depressif d'un certain nombre de relations sociales sont examinees; on passe en revue: les dimensions de la parente etendue et la perception comparee du soutien venant de la parente et venant des non-parents. Les symptomes depressifs ont paru en raison inverse du soutien par la parente. L'effet tampon du soutien de la parente etendue sur les evenements existentiels n'est evident que chez les hommes. Il n'y a pas d'effet tampon du support social sur les facteurs chroniques de stress...
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