Multiple group membership and well-being: Is there always strength in numbers?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue JUN, 2017, Pages

  Sønderlund, Anders L ^a,b   Morton, Thomas A ^a   Ryan, Michelle K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Identity compatibility; Multiple identities; Social identity complexity; Stigma visibility; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021188806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01038     Document Type: Article

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