使用一种新的"感知自我群体层次"测量方法,通过"落后"的感觉来预测白人美国人的健康状况

Jazmin L Brown-Iannuzzi1, Erin Cooley2, Dylan Vlasak2

  • 1University of Virginia, United States.

概括

白人美国人感到落后于他们的种族群体影响情绪和健康. 一个新的感知自我群体层次 (PSGH) 测量更好地预测健康结果,通过直接评估群体内部的状态感知.

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