Development and initial validation of the inventory of microaggressions against black individuals

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 457-469

  Mercer, Sterett H ^a   Zeigler Hill, Virgil ^a   Wallace, Marion ^a   Hayes, DeMarquis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Microaggressions; Race; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054852957     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024937     Document Type: Article

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