Coping with negative social identity: The case of Mexican immigrants

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 553-576

  Shinnar, Rachel S ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic identity; Group identification; Individual mobility; Mexican immigrants; Social identity theory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; NEVADA; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 58149164979     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.148.5.553-576     Document Type: Article

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