Ethnic social comfort I: Construct validity through social distance measurement

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 386-417

  Rollock, David ^a   Vrana, Scott R ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Construct validity; Social distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644507300     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798405280385     Document Type: Review

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