Toward the development of the stereotypic roles for black women scale

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 426-442

  Thomas, Anita Jones ^a   Witherspoon, Karen McCurtis ^b   Speight, Suzette L ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; Scale development; Stereotypic role

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745718308     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798404266061     Document Type: Article

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