Racism and Sexism as Correlates of African American Women's Psychological Distress

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-238

  Szymanski, Dawn M ^a   Stewart, Destin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Internalized racism; Internalized sexism; Multiple oppressions; Racist events; Sexist events

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955710640     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9788-0     Document Type: Article

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