Am i an athlete or a student? Identity salience and stereotype threat in student-athletes

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-336

  Yopyk, Darren J A ^a   Prentice, Deborah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33144471103     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2704_5     Document Type: Article

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