Racial identity as a moderator of daily exposure and reactivity to racial discrimination

Self and Identity

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 383-402

  Burrow, Anthony L ^a   Ong, Anthony D ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

African american; Racial discrimination; Racial identity; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956978731     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860903192496     Document Type: Article

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