Coping with a threatened group identity: Psychosocial and neuroendocrine responses

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 777-786

  Matheson, Kimberly ^a   Cole, Barbara M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Collective identity; Coping; Cortisol; Identity threat; Mood; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344699757     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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