Racial microaggressions in everyday life: Implications for clinical practice

American Psychologist

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 271-286

  Sue, Derald Wing ^a   Capodilupo, Christina M ^a   Torino, Gina C ^a   Bucceri, Jennifer M ^a   Holder, Aisha M B ^a,b   Nadal, Kevin L ^a   Esquilin, Marta ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributional ambiguity; Helping professions; Microaggression; Microassault; Microinsult; Microinvalidation; Racial ethnic minorities; Racism

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGGRESSION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 34249000648     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.62.4.271     Document Type: Article

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