Ties to Influential Adults among Black and White Adolescents: Culture, Social Class, and Family Networks

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 289-303

  Hirsch, Barton J ^a   Mickus, Maureen ^b   Boerger, Rebecca ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; African american family; Mentoring; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036547345     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014689129369     Document Type: Article

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