Gang affiliation and self-esteem: The effects of a mixed-heritage identity

New Faces in a Changing America: Multiracial Identity in the 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 335-354

  Brummett, Patricia O'Donnell ^a   Winters, Loretta I ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452233840.n17     Document Type: Chapter

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