Adjustment Problems in Adolescence: Are Multiracial Children at Risk? |
Adjustment Problems in Adolescence: Are Multiracial Children at Risk?
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Volume 70, Issue 4 (October 2000)
pages 433–444
DOI: 10.1037/h0087744
M. Elise Radina, Associate Professor of Family Studies & Social Work
Miami University, Ohio
Teresa M. Cooney, Associate Professor of Human Develpopment and Family Studies
University of Missouri
Data from a national survey were used to compare adjustment between a group of multiracial adolescents and two groups of single-race adolescents, grades seven to twelve. Significant differences were found on fewer than half of the school, behavioral, and psychological dimensions that were assessed. Implications for research and school interventions are discussed.
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