"Don't call me a student-athlete": The effect of identity priming on stereotype threat for academically engaged African American college athletes

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-106

  Stone, Jeff ^a   Harrison, C Keith ^b   Mottley, JaVonte ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84859627551     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2012.655624     Document Type: Article

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