The many faces of stereotype threat: Group- and self-threat

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 792-799

  Wout, Daryl ^a   Danso, Henry ^b   Jackson, James ^a   Spencer, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Self and identity; Stereotype threat; Stereotyping; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549158610     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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