Inconsistency within Expressed and Observed Racial Identifications

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 582-603

  Laster Pirtle, Whitney N ^a   Brown, Tony N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; identity; mental health; race; racial identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979702280     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731121415602133     Document Type: Article

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