Meaning making in middle childhood: An exploration of the meaning of ethnic identity

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-108

  Rogers, Leoandra Onnie ^a   Zosuls, Kristina M ^b   Halim, May Ling ^a   Ruble, Diane ^a   Hughes, Diane ^a   Fuligni, Andrew ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic identity; Meaning; Middle childhood; Social development

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; RUSSIA; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84865419385     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027691     Document Type: Article

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