Relationship-specific variability in adolescents' ethnic self-labeling preferences

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 815-823

  Kiang, Lisa ^a   Johnson, Natasha C ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SPELMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Asian adolescents; Ethnic identity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC SELF LABELING; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADJUSTMENT; ASIAN ADOLESCENTS; ETHNIC IDENTITY;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880930761     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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