Brief report: Contextual predictors of African American adolescents' ethnic-racial identity affirmation-belonging andresistance to peer pressure

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-6

  Derlan, Chelsea L ^a   Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescents; African American Black; Cultural ethnic racial socialization; Ethnic racial identity; Same ethnicity same race friends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFFIRMATION BELONGING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC RACIAL IDENTITY; FAMILIAL CULTURAL SOCIALIZATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER ACCEPTANCE; PEER PRESSURE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIALIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER INFLUENCE; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84924976302     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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