Africentric cultural identity and the stress experience of African American college students

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 368-396

  Chambers Jr , John W ^a   Kambon, Kobi ^a   Birdsong, Bobbi Davis ^a   Brown, Jamye ^a   Dixon, Pamela ^b   Robbins Brinson, Larmia ^c  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0007304207     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00957984980243007     Document Type: Article

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