Racial minority status and distress among children and adolescents

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 19-40

  Icard, Larry D ^a   Longres, John F ^a   Spencer, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Black; Distress; Emotional state; Hispanic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033239831     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v25n01_02     Document Type: Article

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