The Prevalence of Perceived Discrimination Among African American and Caribbean Black Youth

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1288-1297

  Seaton, Eleanor K ^a   Caldwell, Cleopatra H ^b   Sellers, Robert M ^c   Jackson, James S ^c,d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Institute for Social

Author keywords

adolescents; African Americans; Caribbean Blacks; perceived discrimination; psychological well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 54849436420     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012747     Document Type: Article

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