Measures of ethnicity-related stress: Psychometric properties, ethnic group differences, and associations with well-being

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1775-1820

  Contrada, Richard J ^a   Ashmore, Richard D ^a   Gary, Melvin L ^a   Coups, Elliot ^a   Egeth, Jill D ^a   Sewell, Andrea ^a   Ewell, Kevin ^a   Goyal, Tanya M ^a   Chasse, Valerie ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

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EID: 0035540738     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2001.tb00205.x     Document Type: Article

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