Psychometric properties of the race-related events scale

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-11

  Waelde, Lynn C ^a   Pennington, David ^a   Mahan, Ciara ^a   Mahan, Richard ^a   Kabour, Marianne ^a   Marquett, Renee ^a  

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dissociation; posttraumatic stress disorder; race related stress; racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955505302     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019018     Document Type: Article

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