title: Stress, coping, and alcohol expectancies in rural African-American women.
abstract: African-American women report less alcohol and other drug (AOD) use compared with Caucasian women. However, health care professionals cannot afford to dismiss AOD use as a significant problem for some African-American women. Although we know much more about AOD problems in women in general, we still lack information on AOD disorders and associated factors among rural African-American women. This article focuses on examining rural African-American women (n=142) with and without AOD disorders on the following variables: stressors, uplifts, coping, and alcohol expectancies.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA. mary.boyd@gwm.sc.edu
authors.forename: Mary R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: Beverly
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baliko
authors.forename: Mary Foster
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tavakoli
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013022:South Carolina; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D001741:Black or African American