Gendered Racial Microaggressions and Depressive Symptoms Among Black Women: A Moderated Mediation Model

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 368-380

  Williams, Marlene G ^a   Lewis, Jioni A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; depressive symptoms; gendered racial identity; gendered racial microaggressions; gendered racism; sexism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063343952     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684319832511     Document Type: Article

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