What's Race Got to Do With It? Racial Socialization's Contribution to Black Adolescent Coping

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 822-831

  Anderson, Riana Elyse ^a   Jones, Shawn ^b   Anyiwo, Nkemka ^a   McKenny, Monique ^c   Gaylord Harden, Noni ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JUVENILE; RACE; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS;

EID: 85052837206     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12440     Document Type: Article

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