Racial Identity, Social Context, and Race-Related Social Cognition in African Americans During Middle Childhood

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1537-1546

  Rowley, Stephanie J ^a   Burchinal, Margaret R ^b   Roberts, Joanne E ^c   Zeisel, Susan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; discrimination; racial discrimination; school context; social cognition

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AWARENESS; CHILD; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 56349127298     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013349     Document Type: Article

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