George Greenidge
  • Sociology
  • Boston, MA

George Greenidge Serves as Co-Author on Study Identifying Risk And Protective Factors For Depressive Symptoms In African-American Men

2017 Oct 26

George Greenidge, of Boston, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at Georgia State University in Atlanta, is a co-author on a major study identifying risk and protective factors for depressive symptoms in African-American men.

The study found that African-American men report an average of eight depressive symptoms in a month, with family support, mastery, self-esteem, chronic stressors and discrimination among the factors that are significant to their psychological health.

To read more about the findings, visit http://news.gsu.edu/2017/10/25/depressive-symptoms-african-american-men/.

The findings are published in a special issue on the Psycho-social Influences of African-Americans Men's Health in the Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.

Co-authors of the study include Greenidge, and Drs. Mathew Gayman, Ben Lennox Kail and Amy Spring. The study is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.