Does discrimination terminology create response bias in questionnaire studies of discrimination?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 630-638

  Gomez, John P ^a,b   Trierweiler, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035531324     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167201275011     Document Type: Article

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