The African American Student Network: An Informal Networking Group as a Therapeutic Intervention for Black College Students on a Predominantly White Campus

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-184

  Grier Reed, Tabitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American student network; Black college students; culturally sensitive counseling intervention; informal networking groups; therapeutic intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874593340     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798413478696     Document Type: Article

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