Construction and initial validation of the gendered racial microaggressions scale for black women

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 289-302

  Lewis, Jioni A ^a   Neville, Helen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gendered racial microaggressions; Gendered racism; Racism; Sexism; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGGRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGGRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RACISM; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929886178     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cou0000062     Document Type: Article

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