Social Stigma and its Consequences for the Socially Stigmatized

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 824-839

  Frost, David M ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80155213451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00394.x     Document Type: Review

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