Promoting Resilience Among African American Girls: Racial Identity as a Protective Factor

Child Development

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2018, Pages e552-e571

  Butler Barnes, Sheretta T ^a   Leath, Seanna ^b   Williams, Amber ^c   Byrd, Christy ^d   Carter, Rona ^b   Chavous, Tabbye M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IDEOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; VISIBILITY; ADOLESCENT; HUMAN RELATION; PROTECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTIVATION; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85034582556     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12995     Document Type: Article

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