Cross Racial Identity Scale (CRIS) scores and profiles in African American adolescents involved with the Juvenile justice system

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 570-580

  Worrell, Frank C ^a   Andretta, James R ^b   Woodland, Malcolm H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Superior Court of the District of Columbia   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; At risk; CRIS; Cross Racial Identity Scale; Nigrescence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTITY CRISIS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925805204     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cou0000041     Document Type: Article

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