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**StarsWorld** · 06-18-2011, 12:12 AM

"Most of the risk items we assessed may be related to stress, and so we believe being of mixed race is a source of stress," Udry says. "From this work, we cannot identify further the sources of that stress. More research is needed to identify those sources and possibly suggest programs that might help biracial adolescents."

Discrimination? Identity crises? Stress of being from a lower socio-economic group? (mixed race children are usually in this category) as opposed to simply being due to 'faulty genetics'?

06-18-2011, 12:12 AM	#2
StarsWorld Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 425 Senior Member	"Most of the risk items we assessed may be related to stress, and so we believe being of mixed race is a source of stress," Udry says. "From this work, we cannot identify further the sources of that stress. More research is needed to identify those sources and possibly suggest programs that might help biracial adolescents." Discrimination? Identity crises? Stress of being from a lower socio-economic group? (mixed race children are usually in this category) as opposed to simply being due to 'faulty genetics'?
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