African American students' responses to racial discrimination: How race-based rejection sensitivity and social constraints are related to psychological reactions

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 504-529

  Henson, James M ^a   Derlega, Valerian J ^a   Pearson, Matthew R ^a   Ferrer, Rebecca ^b   Holmes, Karen ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879958028     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2013.32.5.504     Document Type: Article

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