Bitter Reproach or Sweet Revenge: Cultural Differences in Response to Racism

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 920-932

  Lee, Elizabeth A ^a   Soto, José A ^a   Swim, Janet K ^a   Bernstein, Michael J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

confronting behavior; coping; cultural differences; discrimination; indirect responding; racism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASTE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862020948     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212440292     Document Type: Article

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