An exploratory examination of the associations among racial and ethnic discrimination, racial climate, and trauma-related symptoms in a college student population

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-263

  Pieterse, Alex L ^a   Carter, Robert T ^b   Evans, Sarah A ^c   Walter, Rebecca A ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College population; Racial and or ethnic discrimination; Trauma symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RACE RELATIONS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955074861     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020040     Document Type: Article

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