Racial identity in the context of pubertal development: Implications for adjustment

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2170-2181

  Carter, Rona ^a   Seaton, Eleanor K ^b   Rivas Drake, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Externalizing; Internalizing; Puberty; Racial identity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBERTY; SEX FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; PUBERTY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 85032705087     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000413     Document Type: Article

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