Development and validation of the African American men's gendered racism stress inventory

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-24

  Schwing, Alison E ^a   Wong, Y Joel ^a   Fann, Melanie D ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African american men; Inventory; Racism; Scale development; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882958713     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028272     Document Type: Article

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