Social risks and rsychological adjustment: A comparison of African American and South African children

Child Development

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1348-1359

  Barbarin, Oscar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033220536     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00099     Document Type: Article

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