Multiracial self-identification and adolescent outcomes: A social psychological approach to the marginal man theory

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-98

  Cheng, Simon ^a   Lively, Kathryn J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

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EID: 73649105112     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0243     Document Type: Article

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