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Journal of Behavioral Medicine
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03-01-2019

Unique contribution of education to behavioral and psychosocial antecedents of health in a national sample of African Americans

Auteurs: Crystal L. Park, Eddie M. Clark, Emily Schulz, Beverly Rosa Williams, Randi M. Williams, Cheryl L. Holt

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine | Uitgave 5/2019

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Abstract

Education has demonstrated consistent links with many aspects of physical health and is theorized to relate to a variety of behavioral and psychosocial antecedents of health that may ultimately account for these associations. However, many of these associations and the extent to which they manifest specifically for African Americans have not been thoroughly tested. We examined associations of education—distinct from income—with established behavioral and psychosocial antecedents of health in a national sample of African Americans. Education favorably related to many behavioral (e.g., fruit/vegetable intake, lifetime smoking) and psychosocial (e.g., self-efficacy, personality traits, self-esteem, psychological well-being) antecedents of health, but not to all. Some evidence of stronger salutary relations of education for women was found. Results suggest that, for African Americans, education is generally favorably associated with an array of behavioral and psychosocial antecedents of physical health, partially explaining health disparities and providing a point of intervention moving forward.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Unique contribution of education to behavioral and psychosocial antecedents of health in a national sample of African Americans
Auteurs
Crystal L. Park
Eddie M. Clark
Emily Schulz
Beverly Rosa Williams
Randi M. Williams
Cheryl L. Holt
Publicatiedatum
03-01-2019
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Behavioral Medicine / Uitgave 5/2019
Print ISSN: 0160-7715
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3521
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-018-00009-w

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