Racist Events and Individual Coping Styles as Predictors of African American Activism

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 342-367

  Szymanski, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

activism; African American; coping; racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863494781     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798411424744     Document Type: Article

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