Perceived racism as moderator between self-esteem/shyness and psychological distress among African Americans

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 259-269

  Chao, Ruth Chu Lien ^a   Longo, Joseph ^a   Wang, Canzi ^a   Dasgupta, Deepta ^a   Fear, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; perceived racism; psychological distress; self esteem; shyness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902457122     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: 15566676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2014.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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