Racial Socialization of Biracial Youth: Maternal Messages and Approaches to Address Discrimination

Family Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 140-153

  Rollins, Alethea ^a   Hunter, Andrea G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biracial; Ethnic minority family issues; Family diversity by race; Multiracial families; Parenting; Racial socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872661509     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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