Influence of Social Support on Abused African American Women's Substance Abuse

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaquita Tillman ◽  
Thema Bryant-Davis ◽  
Kimberly Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
African American

Social Support and Psychosocial Health Among HIV-Seropositive African American Substance Users

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Marcoulli ◽  
Lydia Malcolm ◽  
Vera Lopez ◽  
Dyona Augustin ◽  
Elisa Leeder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
African American ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Substance Users ◽  
Hiv Seropositive

African American Women: Factors to Consider in Substance Abuse Treatment

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth V. Horin ◽  
Josefina Alvarez ◽  
Leonard A. Jason ◽  
Bernadette Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
African American ◽  
Substance Abuse Treatment ◽  
African American Women ◽  
American Women ◽  
Abuse Treatment

The Role of Race in Relations of Social Support to Hippocampal Volumes Among Older Adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 016402752110172
Author(s):  
Desirée C. Bygrave ◽  
Constance S. Gerassimakis ◽  
Denée T. Mwendwa ◽  
Guray Erus ◽  
Christos Davatzikos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
African American ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Hippocampal Volume ◽  
Brain Pathology ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
African American Older Adults

Evidence suggests social support may buffer brain pathology. However, neither its association with hippocampal volume, a marker of Alzheimer’s disease risk, nor the role of race in this association has been fully investigated. Multiple regression analyses examined relations of total social support to magnetic resonance imaging-assessed gray matter (GM) hippocampal volumes in the total sample ( n = 165; mean age = 68.48 year), and in race-stratified models of African American and White older adults, adjusting for select covariates. Results showed greater social support was associated with greater GM hippocampal volumes among African American older adults only ( p < .01). Our findings suggest greater total social support may play a role in supporting the hippocampus, particularly among African American older adults, who had lower hippocampal volumes than their White counterparts. Further research is needed to test these questions longitudinally and examine which aspects of social support may promote hippocampal integrity, specifically.

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