Further Conceptualizing Ethnic and Racial Identity Research: The Social Identity Approach and Its Dynamic Model

Child Development

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1796-1812

  Verkuyten, Maykel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODEL; SOCIAL STATUS; ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84973441384     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12555     Document Type: Review

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