Racial socialization and racial identity: African American parents' messages about race as precursors to identity

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-203

  Neblett Jr , Enrique W ^a   Smalls, Ciara P ^a   Ford, Kahlil R ^b   Nguyên, Hòa X ^b   Sellers, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; African American; Racial identity; Racial socialization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTING; RACE RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT;

EID: 58149510310     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9359-7     Document Type: Article

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