Discrimination and women's mental health: The mediating role of control

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 192-203

  Landry, Laura J ^a   Mercurio, Andrea E ^b  

^a OMNI Institute   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Perceived discrimination; Personal control; Sexism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349852637     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9624-6     Document Type: Article

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