Am I My Sister’s Keeper? Linking Domestic Violence Attitudes to Black Racial Identity

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 230-258

  Blackmon, Sha’Kema M ^a   Owens, Archandria ^b   Geiss, Meaghan Leigh ^b   Laskowsky, Vanessa ^b   Donahue, Stephanie ^b   Ingram, Christina ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; domestic violence attitudes; gender roles; nigrescence; racial identity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; COLLEGE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INTERNALIZATION; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; SELF REPORT; SEX ROLE; VICTIM;

EID: 85015188427     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798416633583     Document Type: Article

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