Juggling Multiple Racial Identities: Malleable Racial Identification and Psychological Well-Being

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-254

  Sanchez, Diana T ^a   Shih, Margaret ^b   Garcia, Julie A ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dialectical self views; multiracial identity; racial identity; self concept stability; well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROLE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650932695     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014373     Document Type: Article

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