The egalitarian optimist and the confrontation of prejudice

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 389-395

  Wellman, Justin A ^a   Czopp, Alexander M ^b   Geers, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confrontation; Optimism; Personality; Pessimism; Prejudice reduction; Racism; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349639187     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760902992449     Document Type: Article

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