Gender differences in marriage, romantic involvement, and desire for romantic involvement among older African Americans. by Dawne M Mouzon, Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M Chatters

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Based on data from the National Survey of American Life, multinomial logistic regression analysis is used to identify demographic and health correlates of: 1) being married or cohabiting, 2) having a romantic involvement, 3) not having a romantic involvement but desiring one, and lastly, 4) not having and not desiring a romantic involvement.…”
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Ethnic and Gender Differences in Family Social Support among Black Adolescents by Christina J. Cross, Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M. Chatters

“…Data for this study are from the National Survey of American Life Adolescent Supplement (NSAL-A), a national, probability sample of African American and Black Caribbean youth (ages 13–17). …”
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Correlates of Spirituality among African American and Black Caribbean Emerging Adults by Meredith O. Hope, Ann W. Nguyen, Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M. Chatters

“…Data from the National Survey of American Life were used to identify the demographic correlates of two indicators of spirituality (e.g., self-rated spirituality and subjective spirituality) among African American and Black Caribbean emerging adults using linear regression. …”
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The role of subjective, interpersonal, and structural social isolation in 12-month and lifetime anxiety disorders by Ann W. Nguyen, Harry Owen Taylor, Robert Joseph Taylor, Alexis Z. Ambroise, Tyrone Hamler, Weidi Qin, Linda M. Chatters

“…Methods The sample includes 6082 individuals from the National Survey of American Life. This study examined whether three different dimensions of social isolation—subjective, interpersonal, and structural—were associated with 12-month and lifetime anxiety disorders (any anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder (PD), social anxiety disorder (SAD), and agoraphobia (AG). …”
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Lifetime Trauma Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among African Americans and Black Caribbeans by Sex and Ethnicity by Sophia Maria Gran-Ruaz, Robert Joseph Taylor, Grace Jacob, Monnica T. Williams, Monnica T. Williams

“…This study aims to characterize sex and ethnic differences in lifetime trauma exposure, lifetime PTSD diagnosis and symptoms, and help-seeking among the African Americans and Black Caribbeans in the U.S.MethodThis study relied on data from the National Survey of American Life 2001–2003 (NSAL) to investigate the lifetime exposure to traumatic events and prevalence of a clinical PTSD diagnosis based on the DSM-IV among African American (n = 3,570) and Black Caribbean (n = 1,623) adults. 44.5% of respondents were men and 55.5% were women. …”
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