White Guilt and Racial Compensation: The Benefits and Limits of Self-Focus

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-129

  Iyer, Aarti ^a   Leach, Colin Wayne ^a   Crosby, Faye J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037232289     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167202238377     Document Type: Review

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