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Peer reviewedBarbarin, Oscar A. – Child Development, 1999
Assessed effects of social risks on psychological adjustment of African American and black South African 6- year-olds. Confirmed poverty and gender as risk factors; but not single-female family headship. Found that poverty and gender posed less risk for South Africans than African Americans. Found gender and national differences in adjustment;…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Black Youth
