Rumination Partially Mediates the Associations Between Perceived Ethnic Discrimination, Emotional Distress, and Aggression

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-133

  Borders, Ashley ^a   Liang, Christopher T H ^b  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Depression; Perceived discrimination; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; RUMINATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957632284     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023357     Document Type: Article

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