Mediators of the Relationship Between Racial Identity and Life Satisfaction in a Community Sample of African American Women and Men

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-97

  Yap, Stevie C Y ^a   Settles, Isis H ^b   Pratt Hyatt, Jennifer S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans blacks; Belongingness; Discrimination; Racial identity; Sex gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952086230     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022535     Document Type: Article

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