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  1. Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801

    Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor

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Umaña-Taylor, A.J. (2005). The Ethnic Identity Scale. In: Moore, K.A., Lippman, L.H. (eds) What Do Children Need to Flourish?. The Search Institute Series on Developmentally Attentive Community and Society, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23823-9_6

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