Ethnic identity in urban African American youth: Exploring links with self-worth, aggression, and other psychosocial variables

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 411-431

  McMahon, Susan D ^a   Watts, Roderick J ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23044533274     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.10013     Document Type: Article

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