The Meaning and Consequences of Perceived Discrimination in Disadvantaged and Privileged Social Groups

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2005, Pages 167-199

  Schmitt, Michael T ^a   Branscombe, Nyla R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Controllability dimension of attribution; Prejudice and discrimination; Severity of discrimination experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045792289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470013478.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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