Coping with stereotype Threat: Denial as an impression management strategy

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-35

  Von Hippel, William ^a   Von Hippel, Courtney ^a   Conway, Leanne ^a   Schooler, Jonathan W ^b   Preacher, Kristopher J ^c,e   Radvansky, Gabriel A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Denial; Impression management; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OHIO; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 23844511134     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.89.1.22     Document Type: Review

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