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DeCoster, Vaughn A.; Killian, Tim; Roessler, Richard T. – Educational Gerontology, 2013
Using data collected from 147 predominately African American senior citizens in Arkansas, this research examined the Illness Intrusiveness Model (Devins, 1991; Devins & Seland, 1987; Devins & Shnek, 2000) to explain variations in wellness specifically related to participants' adaptation to diabetes. The theoretical model hypothesized that…
Descriptors: Diabetes, Wellness, Older Adults, African Americans
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Prelow, Hazel M.; Weaver, Scott R.; Swenson, Rebecca R. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
Structural equation modeling was used to test [Sandler, "American Journal of Community Psychology" 29: 19-61.] a theoretical model of risk and resilience in an urban sample of African American and European American adolescents. The aims of the present study were to examine whether self-system processes (i.e., competence, self-esteem, and coping…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Self Esteem, Coping, Risk