A Moderated Mediation Model: Racial Discrimination, Coping Strategies, and Racial Identity Among Black Adolescents

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 882-890

  Seaton, Eleanor K ^a   Upton, Rachel ^b   Gilbert, Adrianne ^a   Volpe, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RACISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RACISM; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84899963456     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12122     Document Type: Article

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