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Ethnic Groups - Psychology
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Definition of 'Ethnic Groups'A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships. Common names: Ethnic Groups; Ethnic Group; Group, Ethnic; Groups, Ethnic; Nationality; Nationalities |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
30 Aug 2009 
Drinking behavior in preadolescence is a significant predictor of both short- and long-term negative consequences. This study examined the psychometric properties of 1 known risk factor for drinking in this age group, alcohol expectancies, within an ... Read more...
30 Aug 2009 In an 8-wave, 4-year longitudinal study, 787 children (Grades 3-6) completed the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (C. R. Reynolds & B. O. Richmond, 1985), a measure of the Physiological Reactivity, Worry-Oversensitivity, and Social ... Read more...
30 Aug 2009 Stigmatized group members experience greater well-being in the presence of similar others, which may be driven by the perception that similar others value their shared stigmatized identities (i.e., high public regard). Using experience sampling ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Ethnic Groups - Psychology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Ethnic minorities and their perceptions of the quality of primary care.
14 Sep 2009 - The paradox of indiscriminate multiculturalism. 30 Aug 2009
- Analysis of item response and differential item functioning of alcohol expectancies in middle school youths. 30 Aug 2009
- The longitudinal structure of general and specific anxiety dimensions in children: testing a latent trait-state-occasion model. 30 Aug 2009
- When race matters: racially stigmatized others and perceiving race as a biological construction affect biracial people's daily well-being. 30 Aug 2009
- Perception that "everything requires a lot of effort": transcultural SCL-25 item validation. 30 Aug 2009
- Racial and ethnic differences in willingness to participate in psychiatric genetic research. 30 Jul 2009
- Racial and ethnic differences in preferences for health states and the implications for cost-utility analysis. 30 Jul 2009
- Being in Berlin: a large group experience in the Berlin Congress. 30 Jul 2009
- The role of language in ethnic identity measurement: a multitrait-multimethod approach to construct validation. 30 Jul 2009
- Race and ethnicity and rural mental health treatment. 30 Jul 2009
- Internalization of the thin ideal among low-income ethnic minority adolescent girls. 7 Jul 2009
- Homeless who accessed a healthy living centre in Swansea, South Wales: an assessment of the impact of oral ill-health. 29 Jun 2009
- Construct validity of cognitive reserve in a multiethnic cohort: The Northern Manhattan Study. 29 Jun 2009
- Multiculturalism and subjective happiness as mediated by cultural and relational variables. 29 Jun 2009
- Juggling multiple racial identities: malleable racial identification and psychological well-being. 29 Jun 2009
- Dropout from outpatient mental health care in the United States. 29 Jun 2009
- Family-school connections and the transitions of low-income youths and English language learners from middle school to high school. 29 Jun 2009
- Challenges in the neuropsychological assessment of ethnic minorities: summit proceedings. 29 Jun 2009
- A brief group intervention for young children with feeding problems. 29 Jun 2009
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Technical information about 'Ethnic Groups'
Definition: A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships.
Descriptor UI: D005006
Alternative terms: Ethnic Groups; Ethnic Group; Group, Ethnic; Groups, Ethnic; Nationality; Nationalities;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; ethnology; genetics;
Tree Number: M01.686.754; N01.224.317;
History Note: 68
Technical Notes: do not confuse ethnicity with CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS