The Importance of Racial Socialization: Schoolâ Based Racial Discrimination and Racial Identity Among African American Adolescent Boys and Girls
dc.contributor.author | Butler‐barnes, Sheretta T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Richardson, Bridget L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Chavous, Tabbye M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhu, Jiaxi | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-20T17:05:32Z | |
dc.date.available | WITHHELD_13_MONTHS | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-20T17:05:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Butler‐barnes, Sheretta T. ; Richardson, Bridget L.; Chavous, Tabbye M.; Zhu, Jiaxi (2019). "The Importance of Racial Socialization: Schoolâ Based Racial Discrimination and Racial Identity Among African American Adolescent Boys and Girls." Journal of Research on Adolescence 29(2): 432-448. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1050-8392 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1532-7795 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/149540 | |
dc.publisher | Wiley Periodicals, Inc. | |
dc.publisher | Sage | |
dc.title | The Importance of Racial Socialization: Schoolâ Based Racial Discrimination and Racial Identity Among African American Adolescent Boys and Girls | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Social Work | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | |
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dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/jora.12383 | |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Research on Adolescence | |
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