Status-based rejection sensitivity among Asian Americans: Implications for psychological distress

Journal of Personality

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1317-1346

  Chan, Wayne ^a   Mendoza Denton, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ANXIETY; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51749102158     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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