Racial Discrimination and the Mental Health of African American Adolescents

Handbook of Race, Racism, and the Developing Child

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 278-312

  Cooper, Shauna M ^a   Mcloyd, Vonnie C ^a   Wood, Dana ^a   Hardaway, Cecily R ^a  

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

Author keywords

African american adolescents; Discrimination; Ethnic groups; Mental health; Racial discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886341366     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118269930.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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