A longitudinal examination of racial identity and racial discrimination among African American adolescents

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 406-417

  Seaton, Eleanor K ^a,d   Yip, Tiffany ^b   Sellers, Robert M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65349109979     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01268.x     Document Type: Article

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