Racial Socialization, Racial Identity, and Race-Related Stress of African American Parents

The Family Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-412

  Thomas, Anita Jones ^a   Speight, Suzette L ^b   Witherspoon, Karen M ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American parents; parenting; racial identity; racial socialization; racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956306808     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480710372913     Document Type: Article

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