Experiencing Discrimination Increases Risk Taking
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Experiencing discrimination increases risk taking.
Prior research has revealed racial disparities in health outcomes and health-compromising behaviors, such as smoking and drug abuse. It has been suggested that discrimination contributes to such disparities, but the mechanisms through which this might occur are not well understood. In the research reported here, we examined whether the experience of discrimination affects acute physiological st...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Science
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0956-7976,1467-9280
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612448194