Do Gender Differences in Help Avoidance Vary by Ethnicity? An Examination of African American and European American Students During Early Adolescence

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1152-1163

  Ryan, Allison M ^a   Shim, S Serena ^b   Lampkins uThando, Shawn A ^a   Kiefer, Sarah M ^c   Thompson, Geneene N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

early adolescence; ethnicity; gender; help seeking; voice

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COMMUNICATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67651101106     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013916     Document Type: Article

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