Finally, someone who "Gets" me! multiracial people value others' accuracy about their race

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 453-460

  Remedios, Jessica D ^a   Chasteen, Alison L ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multiracial identity; Self verification; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERSONALITY; RACE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887563372     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032249     Document Type: Article

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