Mind-Body Interventions to Reduce Risk for Health Disparities Related to Stress and Strength Among African American Women: The Potential of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Loving-Kindness, and the NTU Therapeutic Framework
Overview
This paper examines how mind-body interventions may address health disparities among African American women by targeting stress and culturally specific concepts of strength. It utilizes the Superwoman Schema and Strong Black Woman Script frameworks to analyze how sociohistorical factors influence stress responses and coping behaviors. The authors propose mindfulness-based stress reduction, loving-kindness meditation, and NTU psychotherapy as potential tools for fostering self-awareness, compassion, and a redefined sense of strength in this population.
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- OpenAlex
- Author
- Cheryl L. Woods‐Giscombé (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Angela Rose Black (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
- Published
- 2010-10-01
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- bronze
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- 10.1177/1533210110386776
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- 153
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@article{allodium:a395a535e8aa4483,
title = {Mind-Body Interventions to Reduce Risk for Health Disparities Related to Stress and Strength Among African American Women: The Potential of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Loving-Kindness, and the NTU Therapeutic Framework},
author = {Cheryl L. Woods‐Giscombé and Angela Rose Black},
year = {2010},
journal = {OpenAlex},
doi = {10.1177/1533210110386776},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/1533210110386776}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Mind-Body Interventions to Reduce Risk for Health Disparities Related to Stress and Strength Among African American Women: The Potential of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Loving-Kindness, and the NTU Therapeutic Framework AU - Woods‐Giscombé, Cheryl L. AU - Black, Angela Rose PY - 2010 PB - OpenAlex DO - 10.1177/1533210110386776 UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/1533210110386776 ER -
APA
Woods‐Giscombé, C. L., & Black, A. R. (2010). Mind-Body Interventions to Reduce Risk for Health Disparities Related to Stress and Strength Among African American Women: The Potential of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Loving-Kindness, and the NTU Therapeutic Framework. OpenAlex. https://doi.org/10.1177/1533210110386776
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