Responding to sexual discrimination: The effects of societal versus self-blame

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 743-754

  Foster, Mindi D ^a   Matheson, Kimberly ^a   Poole, Megan ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028712829     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1994.9923009     Document Type: Article

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