Southern discomfort: The effects of stereotype threat on the intellectual performance of US Southerners

Self and Identity

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 248-262

  Clark, Jason K ^a   Eno, Cassie A ^b   Guadagno, Rosanna E ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Group identification; Social identity; Stereotype activation; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952512473     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298861003771080     Document Type: Article

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