Initial Development of a Gendered-Racial Socialization Scale for African American College Women

Sex Roles

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2017, Pages 178-193

  Brown, Danice L ^a   Blackmon, Sha’Kema ^b   Rosnick, Christopher B ^c   Griffin Fennell, Felicia D ^d   White Johnson, Rhonda L ^e  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^d Springfield Technical Community College   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Intersectionality; Socialization; Women

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; COLLEGE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX ROLE; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84997794659     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-016-0707-x     Document Type: Article

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