It Takes a village: Protecting rural African American youth in the context of racism

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-188

  Berkel, Cady ^a   Murry, Velma McBride ^b   Hurt, Tera R ^c   Chen, Yi Fu ^c   Brody, Gene H ^c   Simons, Ronald L ^c   Cutrona, Carolyn ^d   Gibbons, Frederick X ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African American; Community influences; Focus groups; Gender differences; Mixed methods; Parenting; Racial identity; Racial socialization; Racism; Rural; SEM

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTING; POLICE; PREJUDICE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 58149513396     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9346-z     Document Type: Article

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