African American men, gender role conflict, and psychological distress: The role of racial identity

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 419-429

  Wester, Stephen R ^a   Vogel, David L ^b   Wei, Meifen ^b   McLain, Rodney ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^c Milwaukee Area Technical College   (United States)

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EID: 33748697199     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2006.tb00426.x     Document Type: Article

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