Consequences of black exceptionalism? Interracial unions with blacks, depressive symptoms, and relationship satisfaction

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 400-420

  Kroeger, Rhiannon A ^a   Williams, Kristi ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960644926     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2011.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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