Black and White girls' racial preferences in media and peer choices and the role of socialization for Black girls

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 510-521

  O'Connor, Lisa A ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b   Graber, Julia ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION; TELEVISION;

EID: 0034257265     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.14.3.510     Document Type: Article

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