A Measure of Racial Identity in African American Adolescents: The Development of the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity-Teen

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-306

  Scottham, Krista Maywalt ^a   Sellers, Robert M ^b   Nguyên, Hóa X ^b  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; measurement of identity development; racial identity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 57349187657     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.14.4.297     Document Type: Article

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