An intersectional approach for understanding perceived discrimination and psychological well-being among African American and caribbean black youth

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1372-1379

  Seaton, Eleanor K ^a   Caldwell, Cleopatra H ^b   Sellers, Robert M ^c   Jackson, James S ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African Americans; Caribbean Blacks; Perceived discrimination; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CARIBBEAN REGION; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956765799     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019869     Document Type: Article

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