Linda M. Chatters

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PhD Sociology University of California, Berkeley
Masters Sociology University of California, Berkeley
Bachelors Sociology University of California, Berkeley

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Religion in the Lives of African Americans: Social, Psychological, and Health Perspectives (2003) (608)
Religion and health: public health research and practice. (2000) (508)
Race and gender differences in religiosity among older adults: findings from four national surveys. (1994) (455)
Sociodemographic and environmental correlates of racial socialization by black parents. (1990) (439)
Mental health services in faith communities: the role of clergy in black churches. (2000) (362)
Black and white differences in religious participation : A multisample comparison (1996) (352)
Religious effects on health status and life satisfaction among black Americans. (1995) (313)
CHURCH MEMBERS AS A SOURCE OF INFORMAL SOCIAL SUPPORT (1988) (308)
Religion, Health, and Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults (1998) (279)
Fictive kinship relations in Black extended families. (1994) (260)
Emotional support from parents early in life, aging, and health. (2004) (259)
Research on religion and mental health (1998) (255)
Religious Coping Among African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and Non-Hispanic Whites. (2008) (247)
Subjective Religiosity among African Americans: A Synthesis of Findings from Five National Samples (1999) (245)
Social Isolation, Depression, and Psychological Distress Among Older Adults (2018) (235)
Psychological distress among black and white Americans: differential effects of social support, negative interaction and personal control. (2003) (224)
Antecedents and dimensions of religious involvement among older black adults. (1992) (219)
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Extended Family, Friendship, Fictive Kin and Congregational Informal Support Networks. (2013) (217)
Race and ethnic differences in religious involvement: African Americans, Caribbean blacks and non-Hispanic whites (2009) (216)
African American religious participation: A multi-sample comparison (1999) (210)
Religious and spiritual involvement among older african americans, Caribbean blacks, and non-Hispanic whites: findings from the national survey of american life. (2007) (209)
A MULTIDIMENSIONAL MEASURE OF RELIGIOUS INVOLVEMENT FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS (1994) (198)
Church-based informal support among elderly blacks. (1986) (195)
Family Life in Black America (1998) (191)
Religious involvement, social support, and health among African-American women on the east side of detroit (2003) (179)
Social Support, Traumatic Events, and Depressive Symptoms Among African Americans. (2005) (176)
Social Support from Family and Friends and Subjective Well-Being of Older African Americans (2016) (163)
Patterns of Informal Support to Elderly Black Adults: Family, Friends, and Church Members (1986) (161)
Religion, health and medicine in African Americans: implications for physicians. (2005) (157)
Black Americans' Perceptions of the Sociohistorical Role of the Church (1987) (153)
Patterns of Informal Support from Family and Church Members among African Americans (2002) (148)
Informal Social Support Networks and Subjective Well-Being among African Americans (2001) (147)
Size and composition of the informal helper networks of elderly blacks. (1985) (129)
Public Health and Health Education in Faith Communities (1998) (125)
Family Support to Single and Married African American Mothers: The Provision of Financial, Emotional, and Child Care Assistance. (1993) (125)
Social support from church and family members and depressive symptoms among older African Americans. (2015) (124)
Spirituality and Subjective Religiosity among African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and Non-Hispanic Whites. (2008) (112)
Aged blacks' choices for an informal helper network. (1986) (108)
Church-Based Social Support and Suicidality Among African Americans and Black Caribbeans (2011) (105)
Profiles of depressive symptoms among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks. (2007) (104)
Marital Satisfaction Among African Americans and Black Caribbeans: Findings From the National Survey of American Life. (2008) (102)
Importance of Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and Non-Hispanic Whites (2010) (100)
Religious participation and DSM-IV disorders among older African Americans: findings from the National Survey of American Life. (2008) (99)
Aging in Black America (1993) (92)
Exploring Race Differences in a Multidimensional Battery of Prayer Measures among Older Adults (2005) (92)
Size of Informal Helper Network Mobilized during a Serious Personal Problem among Black Americans. (1989) (91)
Supportive Relationships with Church Members Among African Americans (2005) (91)
African American Religious Participation (2014) (90)
Use of ministers for a serious personal problem among African Americans: findings from the national survey of American life. (2011) (86)
Extended Family and Friendship Support Networks Are Both Protective and Risk Factors for Major Depressive Disorder and Depressive Symptoms Among African-Americans and Black Caribbeans (2015) (86)
Correlates of Psychological Distress and Major Depressive Disorder Among African American Men (2011) (75)
Extended family networks of older black adults. (1991) (73)
Age differences in religious participation among black adults. (1989) (72)
Parents, Children, Siblings, In-Laws, and Non-Kin as Sources of Emergency Assistance to Black Americans (1988) (70)
Negative interaction in the church: Insights from focus groups with older adults (2000) (70)
Health, stress, psychological resources, and subjective well-being among older blacks. (1991) (69)
African American Families in Diversity: Gay Men and Lesbians as Participants in Family Networks (1998) (64)
Theory in Religion, Aging, and Health: An Overview (2011) (63)
Religious Involvement and Suicidal Behavior Among African Americans and Black Caribbeans (2011) (62)
Emotional support, negative interaction and DSM IV lifetime disorders among older African Americans: findings from the national survey of American life (NSAL) (2010) (61)
Religious Involvement among Older African-Americans (1994) (60)
Family and friendship informal support networks and social anxiety disorder among African Americans and Black Caribbeans (2015) (60)
Everyday Racial Discrimination, Everyday Non-Racial Discrimination, and Physical Health Among African-Americans (2017) (58)
Suicide, negative interaction and emotional support among black Americans (2012) (58)
Using focus groups to explore the nature of prayer in late life (2000) (58)
Differences in Professional and Informal Help Seeking Among Older African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic Whites (2010) (57)
Discrimination and psychiatric disorders among older African Americans (2017) (57)
Religious Involvement and DSM-IV 12-Month and Lifetime Major Depressive Disorder Among African Americans (2012) (56)
Correlates of emotional support and negative interaction among older Black Americans. (2003) (56)
Uses of ministerial support by African Americans: a focus group study. (2007) (53)
Reciprocal Family, Friendship and Church Support Networks of African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life (2016) (52)
Religion, Aging, and Health: Historical Perspectives, Current Trends, and Future Directions (2008) (51)
Older Black Americans During COVID-19: Race and Age Double Jeopardy (2020) (50)
Demographic Correlates of Psychological Well-Being and Distress Among Older African Americans and Caribbean Black Adults. (2010) (50)
Nonorganizational religious participation among elderly black adults. (1991) (48)
Correlates of Emotional Support and Negative Interaction Among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks (2013) (47)
Subjective well-being evaluations among older black Americans. (1988) (46)
Discrimination Fully Mediates the Effects of Incarceration History on Depressive Symptoms and Psychological Distress Among African American Men (2018) (44)
Microaggressions, Discrimination, and Phenotype among African Americans: A Latent Class Analysis of the Impact of Skin Tone and BMI. (2017) (44)
Religion and Families. (2005) (43)
Use of Professional and Informal Support by Black Men With Mental Disorders (2011) (43)
Non-organizational Religious Participation, Subjective Religiosity, and Spirituality among Older African Americans and Black Caribbeans (2011) (42)
Patterns of Emotional Social Support and Negative Interactions among African American and Black Caribbean Extended Families (2014) (42)
Correlates of Objective Social Isolation from Family and Friends among Older Adults (2018) (40)
Life Problems and Coping Strategies of Older Black Adults (1989) (40)
Moving Health Education and Behavior Upstream: Lessons From COVID-19 for Addressing Structural Drivers of Health Inequities (2020) (40)
Church-Based Exchanges of Informal Social Support Among African Americans (2017) (39)
Complementary and alternative medicine for mental disorders among African Americans, black Caribbeans, and whites. (2009) (39)
Demographic correlates of DSM‐IV major depressive disorder among older African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and non‐Hispanic Whites: results from the National Survey of American Life (2012) (38)
Discrimination, Serious Psychological Distress, and Church-Based Emotional Support Among African American Men Across the Life Span (2018) (35)
Religious involvement and obsessive compulsive disorder among African Americans and Black Caribbeans. (2012) (35)
Correlates of Spirituality Among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the United States: Findings From the National Survey of American Life (2009) (35)
Religious Media Use Among African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic Whites (2011) (34)
Seeking Help from Clergy Among Black Caribbeans in the United States (2011) (33)
Race and Objective Social Isolation: Older African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic Whites. (2018) (32)
Everyday Discrimination Among African American Men (2018) (31)
Advances in the measurement of religiosity among older African Americans: Implications for health and mental health researchers (2001) (31)
Extended Family Support and Relationship Satisfaction Among Married, Cohabiting, and Romantically Involved African Americans and Black Caribbeans (2012) (31)
Instrumental Social Support Exchanges in African American Extended Families (2018) (31)
Use of clergy services among individuals seeking treatment for alcohol use problems. (2010) (30)
The relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder and religious faith: Clinical characteristics and implications for treatment. (2011) (30)
Church and Family Support Networks and Depressive Symptoms among African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. (2018) (30)
Religious Involvement among Caribbean Blacks in the United States. (2010) (30)
Race/Ethnic and Social-Demographic Correlates of Religious Non-Involvement in America (2015) (29)
African American Extended Family and Church-Based Social Network Typologies. (2016) (29)
Mosque-Based Emotional Support Among Young Muslim Americans (2013) (27)
Church-Based Social Support Among Caribbean Blacks in the United States (2016) (27)
Social isolation from extended family members and friends among African Americans: Findings from a national survey (2016) (27)
Subjective Well-Being of Older African Americans with DSM IV Psychiatric Disorders (2014) (26)
EXTENDED FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS AMONG BLACK AMERICANS (2003) (26)
Religious Participation and DSM IV Major Depressive Disorder Among Black Caribbeans in the United States (2013) (25)
Extended family and friendship support and suicidality among African Americans (2017) (25)
Extended Family Support Networks of Caribbean Black Adults in the United States (2017) (24)
Psychiatric Disorders Among Older Black Americans: Within- and Between-Group Differences (2020) (23)
Organizational Religious Behavior Among Older African Americans (2009) (23)
Religious participation among older black caribbeans in the United States. (2007) (23)
Discrimination and Symptoms of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder Among African Americans (2017) (22)
Serious Psychological Distress Among African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. (2016) (22)
Family, friends, and 12-month PTSD among African Americans (2016) (21)
Religious Non-involvement Among African Americans, Black Caribbeans and Non-hispanic Whites: Findings from the National Survey of American Life (2013) (20)
African American, Black Caribbean, and Non-Hispanic White Feelings of Closeness Toward Other Racial and Ethnic Groups (2012) (20)
Prevalence and correlates of everyday discrimination among black Caribbeans in the United States: the impact of nativity and country of origin (2019) (20)
Family Social Support Networks of African American and Black Caribbean Adolescents (2018) (19)
Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Older Adults: Differences between Baby Boomers and Pre-Boomers. (2017) (19)
The mental health status of older black Americans: a national study. (1982) (18)
Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of spiritual healer use: findings from the National Survey of American Life. (2011) (17)
Cortisol and Racial Health Disparities Affecting Black Men in Later Life: Evidence From MIDUS II (2019) (17)
Differences Between African Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites Utilization of Clergy for Counseling with Serious Personal Problems (2017) (17)
African American and Black Caribbean Mutual Feelings of Closeness (2013) (17)
Correlates of education, income, and poverty among aged blacks. (1988) (16)
Objective and Subjective Social Isolation and Psychiatric Disorders Among African Americans (2019) (16)
Church Support among African American and Black Caribbean Adolescents (2019) (16)
Social isolation from family and friends and mental health among African Americans and Black Caribbeans. (2020) (14)
Church support networks of African Americans: The impact of gender and religious involvement. (2019) (14)
Religious factors in health and medical care among older adults. (2006) (14)
The Role of Religious Socialization and Religiosity in African American and Caribbean Black Adolescents’ Sexual Initiation (2018) (14)
Use of complementary and alternative medicines for mental and substance use disorders: A comparison of African Americans, black Caribbeans, and non-Hispanic whites (2009) (13)
Everyday Discrimination Typologies Among Older African Americans: The Roles of Gender and Socioeconomic Status. (2019) (13)
DSM-IV 12-month and lifetime major depressive disorder and romantic relationships among African Americans. (2012) (11)
Health, Disability, Psychological Well-Being, and Depressive Symptoms among Older African American Women (2013) (11)
Depressive symptoms and psychological distress among rural African Americans: The role of material hardship and self-rated health. (2018) (11)
African American and Black Caribbean feelings of closeness to Africans (2017) (11)
Predictors of quality of life and depression among Korean‐American cancer patients and their family caregivers (2018) (10)
Professional Service Use for a Serious Personal Problem (2015) (10)
Prevalence of suicide ideation and attempts among Black Americans in later life (2014) (10)
Social Structural Influences on Emotional Support from Parents Early in Life and Adult Health Status (2003) (10)
Taking Diversity Seriously: Within-Group Heterogeneity in African American Extended Family Support Networks. (2021) (10)
Kinship Support in Jamaican Families in the USA and Jamaica (2017) (9)
Factors Affecting Quality of Life for Korean American Cancer Survivors: An Integrative Review. (2016) (9)
Demographic and health-related correlates of obsessive-compulsive symptoms among African Americans. (2017) (8)
Ethnic and Gender Differences in Family Social Support among Black Adolescents (2018) (7)
Fictive Kin Networks among African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Latino Whites (2021) (7)
Comorbid Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Suicidal Behavior, and Substance Abuse Among Black Caribbeans in the U.S.A. (2013) (7)
The return of race science and why it matters for family science (2022) (6)
Family and Friendship Networks and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Among African Americans and Black Caribbeans. (2017) (6)
21. Religion And Families (2005) (6)
A Person-Centered Approach to the Study of Black Adolescent Religiosity, Racial Identity, and Sexual Initiation. (2019) (6)
The family life of older black adults: stressors and resources. (1990) (5)
FREE RIDING , MARKET STRUCTURE , AND CHURCH MEMBER DONATIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA * (2010) (4)
Racism and the Life Course: Social and Health Equity for Black American Older Adults. (2021) (4)
Professional service use among older African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic Whites for serious health and emotional problems (2020) (4)
Family Life in Black America. (1999) (4)
The Role of Social Context in Religion (2003) (4)
Gender differences in marriage, romantic involvement, and desire for romantic involvement among older African Americans (2020) (3)
Mechanisms of Racial Health Disparities: Evidence on Coping and Cortisol from MIDUS II (2019) (3)
DSM-IV Twelve Month and Lifetime Major Depressive Disorder and Romantic Relationships among African Americans (2012) (3)
A MULTIDIMENSIONAL MEASURE OF RELIGIOUS INVOLVEMENT FOR (2016) (3)
Mechanisms of Racial Health Disparities: Relationships between Coping and Psychological and Physiological Stress Responses. (2020) (3)
Correlates of obsessive-compulsive symptoms among Black Caribbean Americans (2020) (3)
African Americans’ and Black Caribbeans’ Religious Coping for Psychiatric Disorders (2020) (2)
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Major and Everyday Discrimination Among Older Adults: African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Latino Whites (2022) (2)
The Impact of Traumatic Events on Mental Health Among Older African American and Black Caribbean Adults (2022) (2)
HIV/AIDS within African American Communities: Diversity and Interdependence. A Commentary on "AIDS and the African American Woman: The Triple Burden of Race, Class, and Gender" (1993) (2)
Racial/Ethnic Variation in Family Support: African Americans, Black Caribbeans and Non-Latino Whites. (2022) (2)
Extended Family Support and Relationship Satisfaction Among Married, Cohabiting, and Romantically Involved African Americans and Black Caribbeans (2011) (1)
Older African American, Black Caribbean, and Non-Latino White Fictive Kin Relationships (2021) (1)
Supportive Relationships with Church Members Among (2005) (1)
The Intersection of Pain Outcomes and Social Isolation Among African Americans (2021) (1)
Church-based negative interactions among older African Americans, Caribbean blacks, and non-hispanic whites (2013) (1)
The Relationship Between Health, Cigarette Smoking and Criminal Justice Contact among African Americans (2018) (1)
Reciprocal Family, Friendship and Church Support Networks of African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life (2016) (0)
Religious Involvement and DSM-IV Anxiety Disorders Among African-Americans (2022) (0)
Family Social Support Networks of African American and Black Caribbean Adolescents (2018) (0)
Church-Based Emotional Support and Negative Interactions Among Older African Americans and Black Caribbeans. (2022) (0)
Patterns of Emotional Social Support and Negative Interactions among African American and Black Caribbean Extended Families (2013) (0)
America is not losing its religion – population trends mean thatit is simply becoming more religiously diverse. (2015) (0)
Faith Matters: “HBHE 710: Religion, Spirituality and Health” at the University of Michigan (2018) (0)
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics Symposium: Black Older Adults in the Era of Black Lives Matter (2021) (0)
Kinship Support in Jamaican Families in the USA and Jamaica (2017) (0)
African American Religious Participation (2013) (0)
Church Support among African American and Black Caribbean Adolescents (2019) (0)
Non-Hispanic White Feelings of Closeness Toward Other Racial and Ethnic Groups (2013) (0)
Racism and the Life Course: Social and Health Equity for Older Black Americans (2021) (0)
Church-Based Social Support Among Caribbean Blacks in the United States (2016) (0)
Subjective Well-Being of Older African Americans with DSM IV Psychiatric Disorders (2013) (0)
Mosque-Based Emotional Support Among Young Muslim Americans (2013) (0)
Public Health andHealth Education inFaith Communities (1998) (0)
Differences Between African Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites Utilization of Clergy for Counseling with Serious Personal Problems (2017) (0)
Church-Based Exchanges of Informal Social Support Among African Americans (2017) (0)
Church and Family Informal Social Support Networks of African Americans (2020) (0)
Social Support from Family and Friends and Subjective Well-Being of Older African Americans (2015) (0)
Objective and Subjective Social Isolation and Psychiatric Disorders Among African Americans (2019) (0)
Religious Non-involvement Among African Americans, Black Caribbeans and Non-hispanic Whites: Findings from the National Survey of American Life (2013) (0)
Comorbid Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Suicidal Behavior, and Substance Abuse Among Black Caribbeans in the U.S.A. (2012) (0)

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