Validation of the Scale of Racial Socialization for African American Adolescents: Steps toward Multidimensionality

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 445-468

  Stevenson, Howard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84965484139     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00957984940204005     Document Type: Article

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