Raising African American Boys: An exploration of gender and racial socialization practices

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 2 PART 3, 2013, Pages 218-230

  Howard, Lionel C ^a   Rose, Jason C ^b   Barbarin, Oscar A ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jacksonville Public Education Fund ^*  (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American boys; African American parents; Child development; Discrimination; Gender socialization; Masculinity; Parent socialization practices; Racial socialization; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BOY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OBSERVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WELLBEING;

AFRICAN AMERICAN BOYS; AFRICAN AMERICAN PARENTS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION; GENDER SOCIALIZATION; MASCULINITY; PARENT SOCIALIZATION PRACTICES; RACIAL SOCIALIZATION; SPIRITUALITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84881017915     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajop.12031     Document Type: Article

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