Ethnic/Racial Identity—A Double-Edged Sword? Associations With Discrimination and Psychological Outcomes

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 170-175

  Yip, Tiffany ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discrimination; ethnicity; health; identity; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046715748     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721417739348     Document Type: Article

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