Ethnic discrimination and global self-worth in early adolescents: The mediating role of ethnic self-esteem

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-116

  Verkuyten, Maykel ^a   Thijs, Jochem ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURINAME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 33645539232     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025406063573     Document Type: Article

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