Online Racial Discrimination and Psychological Adjustment Among Adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 565-569

  Tynes, Brendesha M ^a   Giang, Michael T ^b   Williams, David R ^c   Thompson, Geneene N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Depression; Internet; Psychological adjustment; Racial discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 56249143125     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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