African self-consciousness, misorientation behavior, and a self-destructive disorder: African American male crack-cocaine users

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 226-247

  Dixon, Patricia ^a   Ya Azibo, Daudi Ajani ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0004531839     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00957984980242011     Document Type: Article

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