Racial/ethnic self-labeling in relation to group socialization and identity in African-Descended individuals

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 457-463

  Anglin, Deidre M ^a   Whaley, Arthur L ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Afrocentricity; Caribbean; Ethnic labels; Racial identity; Racial socialization; West Indian

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750461643     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X06292770     Document Type: Article

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