Changes in racial identity among African american college students following the election of Barack Obama

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1608-1618

  Fuller Rowell, Thomas E ^a   Burrow, Anthony L ^b   Ong, Anthony D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

2008 presidential election; Barack Obama; Racial identity development; Social identity change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82755187505     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025284     Document Type: Article

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