Promoting resilience in urban African American adolescents: Racial socialization and identity as protective factors

Social Work Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 159-169

  Miller, David B ^a   MacIntosh, Randall ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African Americans; Protective factors; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004390911     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/23.3.159     Document Type: Article

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