The Protective Role of Ethnic Identity for Urban Adolescent Males Facing Multiple Stressors

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1728-1741

  Williams, Joanna L ^a   Aiyer, Sophie M ^b   Durkee, Myles I ^c   Tolan, Patrick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American youth; Discrimination; Ethnic identity; Latino youth; Stress; Urban youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889066719     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-0071-x     Document Type: Article

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