Self-views of African-American Youth are Related to the Gender Stereotypes and Ability Attributions of Their Parents

Self and Identity

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 382-399

  Kizzie Rouland, Karmen ^a   Johnson Rowley, Stephanie ^b   Kurtz Costes, Beth ^c  

^a Sage Advise LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal attributions; Gender; Self concept; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879175649     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2012.682360     Document Type: Article

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