Racial and Gender Identity Among Black Adolescent Males: An Intersectionality Perspective

Child Development

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 407-424

  Rogers, Leoandra Onnie ^a   Scott, Marc A ^b   Way, Niobe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84925357467     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12303     Document Type: Article

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