Socioeconomic stereotypes among undergraduate college students

Psychological Reports

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 882-892

  Gilmore, Amanda K ^a   Harris, Paul B ^a  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749104250     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.103.3.882-892     Document Type: Article

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