%0 Journal Article
%T Exploring Health Disparities Affected by Stressful Life Events: Are Older African Americans at Greater Risk?
%A Jeffrey D. Brooks
%A Eva Kahana
%A Andre Nauta
%A Boaz Kahana
%J Sociation Today
%D 2007
%I North Carolina Sociological Association
%X We tested the double jeopardy hypothesis that predicts health disparities for minorities in later life. The research design allowed an investigation of race differences in mental health and stress for a group of comparably compensated retirees. We found virtually no support for the hypothesis that blacks would experience more stress or be more vulnerable to it.
%K health disparities
%K minorities
%K old age
%K senior citizens
%K retirees
%K black minority
%U http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v51/brooks.htm