Examining the relation between racial identity attitude clusters and psychological health outcomes in African American college students

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 383-409

  Whittaker, Valene A ^a   Neville, Helen A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Black racial identity; CRIS; Nigrescence; positive psychology; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957231956     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798409353757     Document Type: Article

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