Probing Change in Racial Self-identification: A Focus on Children of Immigrants

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 323-337

  Mowen, Thomas J ^a   Stansfield, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

children of immigrants; ethnicity; identity theory; race; racial identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011780325     PISSN: 23326492     EISSN: 23326506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2332649215611685     Document Type: Article

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