Middle Class and Marginal? Socioeconomic Status, Stigma, and Self-Regulation at an Elite University

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 838-852

  Johnson, Sarah E ^a   Richeson, Jennifer A ^a   Finkel, Eli J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Self regulation; Social identity threat; Socioeconomic status; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROOP TEST; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; POVERTY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; STROOP TEST; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79955510631     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021956     Document Type: Article

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