Pubertal timing, racial identity, neighborhood, and school context among black adolescent females

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 40-50

  Seaton, Eleanor K ^a   Carter, Rona ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Black; Girls; Pubertal timing; Racial identity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION RISK; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PUBERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 85021745658     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cdp0000162     Document Type: Article

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