A particular resiliency to threatening environments

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 323-336

  Inzlicht, Michael ^a   Aronson, Joshua ^b   Good, Catherine ^c   McKay, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Minority environments; Resiliency; Self monitoring; Solo status; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645949768     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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