Being White Helps: Intersections of Self-Concealment, Stigmatization, Identity Formation, and Psychological Distress in Racial and Sexual Minority Women

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 158-173

  McIntyre, Shannon L ^a   Antonucci, Erica A ^b   Haden, Sara C ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

identity commitment; identity exploration; lesbian; psychological distress; racial minority; self concealment; stigmatization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; MENTAL STRESS; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896515914     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2014.867400     Document Type: Article

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