Unfair treatment and self-regulatory focus

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 505-512

  Oyserman, Daphna ^a   Uskul, Ayse K ^a   Yoder, Nicholas ^a   Nesse, Randy M ^a   Williams, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Discrimination; Prevention; Promotion; Self regulatory focus; Social class; Unfair treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947725417     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.05.014     Document Type: Article

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