Racial and ethnic socialization as moderators of racial discrimination and school adjustment of adopted and nonadopted Korean American adolescents

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 294-306

  Seol, Kyoung Ok ^a   Yoo, Hyung Chol ^b   Lee, Richard M ^c   Park, Ji Eun ^a   Kyeong, Yena ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic socialization; Korean Americans; Racial discrimination; Racial socialization; School adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RACISM; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946429501     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cou0000120     Document Type: Article

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