The Moderating Capacity of Racial Identity Between Perceived Discrimination and Psychological Well-Being Over Time Among African American Youth

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1850-1867

  Seaton, Eleanor K ^a   Neblett, Enrique W ^a   Upton, Rachel D ^a   Hammond, Wizdom Powell ^a   Sellers, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 81355151652     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01651.x     Document Type: Article

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