Are all interventions created equal? A multi-threat approach to tailoring stereotype threat interventions

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 277-288

  Shapiro, Jenessa R ^a   Williams, Amy M ^a   Hambarchyan, Mariam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Multi Threat Framework; Role models; Self affirmation; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880987459     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030461     Document Type: Article

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