Observed Racial Socialization and Maternal Positive Emotions in African American Mother–Adolescent Discussions About Racial Discrimination

Child Development

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1926-1939

  Smith Bynum, Mia A ^a   Anderson, Riana E ^b   Davis, BreAnna L ^a   Franco, Marisa G ^a   English, Devin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER; PROBLEM SOLVING; RACISM; SOCIALIZATION; TEACHER; ADULT; ETHNOLOGY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RACISM; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84971268021     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12562     Document Type: Article

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