The Promise of Racial and Ethnic Protective Factors in Promoting Ethnic Minority Youth Development

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-303

  Neblett, Enrique W ^a   Rivas Drake, Deborah ^b   Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural orientation; Discrimination; Ethnic identity; Ethnic socialization; Racial identity; Racial socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865305812     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2012.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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