Ethnicity and gender in the face of a terrorist attack: A national longitudinal study of immediate responses and outcomes two years after september 11

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-301

  Chu, Thai Q ^a   Seery, Mark D ^b   Ence, Whitney A ^a   Alison Holman, E ^a   Silver, Roxane Cohen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 34248328825     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2804_2     Document Type: Article

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