Examining the consequences of exposure to racism for the executive functioning of Black students

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-132

  Bair, Allison N ^a   Steele, Jennifer R ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ego depletion; Exposure to racism; Interracial interactions; Prejudice; Racial centrality; Self regulation; Stigma; Targets of prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449642402     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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