Trajectories of Ethnic-Racial Discrimination Among Ethnically Diverse Early Adolescents: Associations With Psychological and Social Adjustment

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2339-2354

  Niwa, Erika Y ^a   Way, Niobe ^b   Hughes, Diane L ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PEER GROUP; RACISM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84912140427     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12310     Document Type: Article

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