Mc. Zea et al., THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT AND ACTIVE COPING ON DEPRESSION AMONGAFRICAN-AMERICANS AND LATINOS WITH DISABILITIES, Rehabilitation psychology, 41(3), 1996, pp. 225-242
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.