The perceived racism scale: A multidimensional assessment of the experience of white racism among African Americans

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 154-166

  Mcneilly, Maya Dominguez ^a,c   Anderson, Norman B ^a   Armstead, Cheryl A ^a   Clark, Rodney ^a   Corbett, Marcella ^b   Robinson, Elwood L ^b   Pieper, Carl F ^a   Lepisto, Eva M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Minority Health; Prejudice; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EDUCATION; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PILOT PROJECTS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030444828     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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