African American parents' racial and emotion socialization profiles and young adults' emotional adaptation

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 409-419

  Dunbar, Angel S ^a   Perry, Nicole B ^a   Cavanaugh, Alyson M ^a   Leerkes, Esther M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; Anger; Depression; Emotion socialization; Racial socialization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION SOCIALIZATION; EMOTIONALITY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; RACIAL SOCIALIZATION; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIALIZATION; WELLBEING; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SOCIALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937074098     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037546     Document Type: Article

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