Stereotype Threat and Executive Resource Depletion: Examining the Influence of Emotion Regulation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 691-705

  Johns, Michael ^a   Inzlicht, Michael ^b   Schmader, Toni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c University of Arizona

Author keywords

emotion regulation; executive function; stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349135792     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013834     Document Type: Article

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