Racial identity, maternal support, and psychological distress among African American adolescents

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1322-1336

  Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard ^a   Zimmerman, Marc A ^a   Bernat, Debra Hilkene ^b   Sellers, Robert M ^a   Notaro, Paul C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036651684     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00474     Document Type: Article

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