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WESTERN JOURNAL OF NURSING RESEARCH
Volume 37, Issue 6, Pages 812-830Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0193945914528289
Keywords
theoretical model; depression; Black single mothers; path analysis
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- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/New Jersey Nursing Initiative
- Dorothy J. DeMaio Research Award
- Kirby Foundation Scholarship Award
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The aim of this study was to test a theoretical model of depression for Black single mothers. Participants were 208 Black single mothers, aged 18 to 45, recruited from community settings. The a priori over-identified recursive theoretical model was tested via the LISREL 9.1 program using a maximum likelihood estimation for structural equation modeling. The chi-square indicated that there was an excellent fit of the model with the data, (2)(1, N = 208) = .05, p = .82. The fit indices for the model were excellent. Path coefficients were statistically significant for seven out of eight of the direct paths within the model (p < .05). The two indirect paths were also statistically significant. The theory was supported and can be applied by health care professionals when working with depressed Black single mothers.
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