Coping with negative stereotypes about intellectual performance: The role of psychological disengagement

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-50

  Major, Brenda ^a   Spencer, Steven ^b   Schmader, Toni ^a   Wolfe, Connie ^b   Crocker, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

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EID: 0032340276     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167298241003     Document Type: Article

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