Racial identity as mediator of the relationship between gender role conflict and severity of psychological symptoms in black, Latino, and Asian men

Sex Roles

Volumn 53, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 473-486

  Carter, Robert T ^a   Williams, Bryant ^a   Juby, Heather L ^a   Buckley, Tamara R ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender role conflict; Psychological symptoms; Racial identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844439447     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-7135-7     Document Type: Article

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