Tough or tender: (dis)similarities in White college students' perceptions of Black and White women

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 458-468

  Donovan, Roxanne A ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attribution; Black Women; impression formation; ingroup outgroup; racial and ethnic attitudes; social perception; stereotyped attitudes; stereotypic images

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052189162     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684311406874     Document Type: Article

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