Racism stress management: Racial socialization beliefs and the experience of depression and anger in African American youth

Youth and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-222

  Stevenson, Howard C ^a   Reed, Jocelyn ^b   Bodison, Preston ^b   Bishop, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031286365     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X97029002003     Document Type: Article

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