Psychological essentialism and its association with stigmatization

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-100

  Howell, Andrew J ^a   Weikum, Brittany A ^a   Dyck, Heather L ^a  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Essentialism; Mental disorder; Stigma; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957915936     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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