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“What About the Children?” The Psychological and Social Well-Being of Multiracial Adolescents

Mary E. CampbellUniversity of IowaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jennifer Eggerling-BoeckUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Pages 147-173 | Published online: 02 Dec 2016

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