Why Minority Group Members Perceive or Do Not Perceive the Discrimination That Confronts Them: The Role of Self-Esteem and Perceived Control

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 373-389

  Ruggiero, Karen M ^a,c   Taylor, Donald M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031067612     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.2.373     Document Type: Article

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