The unrecognized stereotyping and discrimination against singles

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 251-254

  DePaulo, Bella M ^a,c   Morris, Wendy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Relationships; Singles; Stereotypes; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751267704     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2006.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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