Communicative correlates of satisfaction, family identity, and group salience in multiracial/ethnic families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 819-832

  Soliz, Jordan ^a   Thorson, Allison R ^b   Rittenour, Christine E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Family processes; Interracial ethnic; Multilevel modeling; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350501723     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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