Managing anger: Protective, proactive, or adaptive racial socialization identity profiles and african-american manhood development

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 35-61

  Stevenson, Howard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEAR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031415490     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J005v16n01_03     Document Type: Article

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