Mental Health Professionals' Adaptive Responses to Racial Microaggressions: An Exploratory Study

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-209

  Hernández, Pilar ^a   Carranza, Mirna ^b   Almeida, Rhea ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Institute for Family Services   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; professional development; racial microaggressions; resilience; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953863456     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018445     Document Type: Article

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