title: Identity status of black adolescents: an empirical investigation.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the identity status of a group of 237 black adolescents. The major finding--that the majority of these adolescents were engaged in the identity-searching process rather than experiencing identity foreclosure--differed from previous research on the black adolescent identity process.
authors.affiliation: Marriage Council of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Protinsky
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000367:Age Factors; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012737:Sex Factors