When race matters: Racially stigmatized others and perceiving race as a biological construction affect biracial people's daily well-being

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1154-1164

  Sanchez, Diana T ^a   Garcia, Julie A ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experience sampling; Intergroup relations; Multiracial; Race; Social identity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949120993     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209337628     Document Type: Article

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