Individualistic and Collectivistic Worldviews: Implications for Understanding Perceptions of Racial Discrimination in African Americans and British Caribbean Americans

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-332

  Hunter, Carla D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Black Caribbean American; culture; racial discrimination; worldviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749088564     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.55.3.321     Document Type: Article

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