Racial differences in adolescent coping and self-esteem

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 152-160

  Chapman, Paula L ^a   Mullis, Ronald L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0034201157     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320009596702     Document Type: Article

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