Promoting Resilience in Urban African American Adolescents: Racial Socialization and Identity as Protective Factors.

Miller, David B.; MacIntosh, Randall

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ERIC Number: EJ610973

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Promoting Resilience in Urban African American Adolescents: Racial Socialization and Identity as Protective Factors.

Miller, David B.; MacIntosh, Randall

Social Work Research, v23 n3 p159-69 Sep 1999

Discusses findings of a study on resilience and protective factors among 131 urban African American adolescents. Identifies stressors related to environmental conditions that adolescents must overcome. Findings suggest that significant interaction does occur among stressors and protective factors in such a manner that they enhance educational involvement. (Author/JDM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Environmental Influences, High Risk Students, Resilience (Personality), Secondary School Students, Stress Variables, Urban Youth

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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