Reactions to racial discrimination: Emotional stress and help-seeking behaviors

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-191

  Carter, Robert T ^a   Forsyth, Jessica ^b  

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

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

discrimination; emotional stress help seeking; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957562051     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020102     Document Type: Article

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