The status model of racial identity development in African American adolescents: Evidence of structure, trajectories, and well-being

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1416-1426

  Seaton, Eleanor K ^a   Scottham, Krista Maywalt ^b   Sellers, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 33749015190     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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