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Multiracial Self-Identification and Adolescent Outcomes: A Social Psychological Approach to the Marginal Man Theory
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Cheng, Simon; Lively, Kathryn J. – Social Forces, 2009
Recent public health research has consistently reported that self-identified multiracial adolescents tend to display more problem behaviors and psychological difficulties than monoracial adolescents. Relying on insights from qualitative analyses using small or clinical samples to interpret these empirical patterns, these studies implicitly assume…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Multiracial Persons, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Behavior Problems