Responses to discrimination: The role of emotion and expectations for emotional regulation

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-161

  Gill, Ritu ^a   Matheson, Kimberly ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anger; Collective action; Sad; Sex discrimination; Social expectations

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFFECT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 31644435348     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205279906     Document Type: Article

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