Erratum: The Color of My Skin: A Measure to Assess Children’s Perceptions of Their Skin Color (Applied Developmental Science, (2000) 4,4 (208-221), 10.1207/S1532480XADS0404_3);The Color of my skin: A measure to assess children’s perceptions of their skin Color

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 208-221

  Alarcón, Odette ^a   Szalacha, Laura A ^a   Erkut, Sumru ^a   Fields, Jacqueline P ^a   Coll, Cynthia García ^b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84906182780     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532480XADS0501_6     Document Type: Erratum

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