Development and preliminary validation of the Racism-Related Coping Scale

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 632-643

  Forsyth, Jessica M ^a   Carter, Robert T ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; coping; racism; scale development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922934248     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036702     Document Type: Article

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