Examining African self-consciousness and Black racial identity as predictors of Black men's psychological well-being

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-40

  Pierre, Martin R ^a,b   Mahalik, James R ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Generation EXCEL Youth Program   (United States)

Author keywords

African self consciousness; Black racial identity; Psychological well being; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14644401164     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.11.1.28     Document Type: Article

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