“Mixed” Results: Multiracial Research and Identity Explorations

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 114-119

  Gaither, Sarah E ^a  

^a The University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

biracial; cognitive flexibility; multiple identities; multiracial; racial identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926468840     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721414558115     Document Type: Article

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