Complaining about a compliment: Evaluating attributions of positive outcomes to discrimination

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-223

  Diebels, Kate J ^a   Czopp, Alexander M ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Discrimination; Positive stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860413831     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2011.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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