When Change Doesn’t Matter: Racial Identity (In)consistency and Adolescent Well-being

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 270-286

  Kramer, Rory ^a   Burke, Ruth ^b   Charles, Camille Z ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; education; identity; mental health; multiracial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948746162     PISSN: 23326492     EISSN: 23326506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2332649214552730     Document Type: Article

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