An examination of family socialisation processes as moderators of racial prejudice transmission between adolescents and their parents

Journal of Family Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-260

  White, Fiona A ^a   Gleitzman, Melanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family processes; Parent adolescent transmission; Racial prejudice; Socialisation of attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751538242     PISSN: 13229400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jfs.327.12.2.247     Document Type: Article

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