When Do We Confront? Perceptions of Costs and Benefits Predict Confronting Discrimination on Behalf of the Self and Others

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-226

  Good, Jessica J ^a   Moss Racusin, Corinne A ^b   Sanchez, Diana T ^c  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

confrontation; decision making; feminism; sex discrimination; sexism; social change; social identity; social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861761892     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684312440958     Document Type: Article

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