Situational disengagement and persistence in the face of adversity

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-134

  Nussbaum, A David ^a   Steele, Claude M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disengagement; Disidentification; Persistence; Self esteem; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751014531     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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