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Publication Date: 1998
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Cultural Factors Enhancing Resilience and Protecting against Maladjustment in African American Adolescents with Mild Mental Retardation.
Frison, Sonja L.; Wallander, Jan L.; Browne, Dorothy
American Journal on Mental Retardation, v102 n6 p613-26 May 1998
The culturally relevant factors of ethnic identification, intergenerational support, and church support were investigated in relation to high-risk exposure on maladjustment in 147 urban African-American adolescents with mild mental retardation. The factors were associated with better adjustment and ethnic identification, which appeared to protect the adolescents against maladjustment. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Black Youth, Church Role, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Problems, Ethnicity, Family Relationship, Mild Mental Retardation, Predictor Variables, Racial Identification, Resilience (Personality), Social Adjustment, Social Support Groups, Urban Youth
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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