Distinguishing Institutional Identification From Academic Goal Pursuit: Interactive Effects of Ethnic Identification and Race-Based Rejection Sensitivity

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 338-351

  Mendoza Denton, Rodolfo ^a   Pietrzak, Janina ^b   Downey, Geraldine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; belonging; ethnic identity; prejudice; stigma

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 54049148534     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.95.2.338     Document Type: Article

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