THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT AND ACTIVE COPING ON DEPRESSION AMONGAFRICAN-AMERICANS AND LATINOS WITH DISABILITIES

Examined relationships among depression, active coping, and social sup port in a sample of 109 African American and 57 Latinos with disabilit ies. Measures included Beck and Beck (1972) short version of the Depre ssion Inventory, Brandtand Weinert's (1981, 1987) Personal Resources Q uestionnaire (PRQ), and the condensed version of Tyler's (1978) Behavi oral Attributes of Psychosocial Competence Scale (Zea, Reisen, & Tyler , 1996). Findings indicated that active coping, satisfaction with soci al support, and type of disability were significant predictors of depr ession for African Americans, whereas active coping, perception of sev erity of disability, and social support were significant predictors of depression for Latinos. These findings underscore the importance of t esting separate models for African Americans and Latinos.