"where are you really from?": Asian Americans and identity denial

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 717-730

  Cheryan, Sapna ^a   Monin, Benoît ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance threat; Asian Americans; Identity; Prototype; Rejection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; REACTION TIME; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 32644472805     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.89.5.717     Document Type: Article

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