Experiences of Racism, Racial/Ethnic Attitudes, Motivated Fairness and Mental Health Outcomes Among Primary and Secondary School Students

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1672-1687

  Priest, Naomi ^a,b   Perry, Ryan ^b   Ferdinand, Angeline ^b   Paradies, Yin ^a   Kelaher, Margaret ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Mental health; Motivated fairness; Racial ethnic attitudes; Racism; School

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RACISM; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84929505909     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-014-0140-9     Document Type: Article

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