"Discredited" Versus "Discreditable": Understanding How Shared and Unique Stigma Mechanisms Affect Psychological and Physical Health Disparities

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-87

  Chaudoir, Stephenie R ^a   Earnshaw, Valerie A ^b   Andel, Stephanie ^c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84873647071     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2012.746612     Document Type: Article

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