Racial-ethnic identity development in children in a racial-ethnic minority group

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 124-137

  Corenblum, B ^a   Armstrong, Helen D ^a  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Implicit attitudes; Implicit self esteem; Racial euthnic identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861150409     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027154     Document Type: Article

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