Bring it On: Proactive coping with discrimination

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 411-441

  Mallett, Robyn K ^a   Swim, Janet K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diary; Discrimination; Primary control; Proactive coping; Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746808601     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-006-9014-0     Document Type: Review

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