Black Church Leaders' Attitudes About Mental Health Services: Role of Racial Discrimination.

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Title: Black Church Leaders' Attitudes About Mental Health Services: Role of Racial Discrimination.
Authors: Bilkins, Brianna, Allen, Argie, Davey, Maureen, Davey, Adam
Source: Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal. Jun2016, Vol. 38 Issue 2, p184-197. 14p.
Subjects: Attitude (Psychology), Black people, Church buildings, Clergy, Confidence intervals, Statistical correlation, Discrimination (Sociology), Health services accessibility, Health status indicators, Marital status, Mental health, Mental health services, Metropolitan areas, Regression analysis, Statistical sampling, Scale analysis (Psychology), Self-evaluation, Substance abuse, Surveys, Mathematical variables, Logistic regression analysis, Judgment sampling, Labeling theory, Occupational roles, Leaders, Data analysis software, Descriptive statistics
Geographic Terms: New England
Abstract: The article presents the authors' study which investigates the role played by African American church leaders in addressing the mental health issues of African American communities. Topics discussed include an overview of the survey techniques used by the authors to acquire the relevant data for the study, the use of the statistical tool SPSS version 22.0 in the analysis of the acquired data, and a comprehensive analysis of the results.
Database: Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
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Abstract:The article presents the authors' study which investigates the role played by African American church leaders in addressing the mental health issues of African American communities. Topics discussed include an overview of the survey techniques used by the authors to acquire the relevant data for the study, the use of the statistical tool SPSS version 22.0 in the analysis of the acquired data, and a comprehensive analysis of the results.
ISSN:08922764
DOI:10.1007/s10591-015-9363-5