Gold diggers, video vixens, and jezebels: Stereotype images and substance use among Urban African American girls

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1315-1324

  Wallace, Scyatta A ^a   Townsend, Tiffany G ^b   Glasgow, Y Marcia ^a   Ojie, Mary Jane ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHILADELPHIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80053940969     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.2223     Document Type: Article

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