Experiencing Discrimination: How Members of Disadvantaged Groups Can Be Helped to Cope with Discrimination

Social Issues and Policy Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-213

  Stroebe, Katherine ^a   Barreto, Manuela ^b   Ellemers, Naomi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78650084573     PISSN: 17512395     EISSN: 17512409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2409.2010.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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