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Responses to racism : a taxonomy of coping styles used by aboriginal Australians
The author takes up the challenge from social psychologists to explore the coping responses of those who experience racism. Previous attempts to provide taxonomies of responses to racism-discrimination-oppression are reviewed. An analysis of data derived from semistructured interviews conducted with 34 Indigenous Australians that explored experiences of racism and emotional and behavioral responses is reported, and a taxonomy of coping made up of 3 broad categories is presented. The defining feature of these categories is the purpose of the responses contained therein: to defend the self, to control or contain the reaction, or to confront the racism. It is argued that this may be a more useful way to understand responses to racism than taxonomies previously proposed.
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American journal of orthopsychiatryVolume
74Issue
1Pagination
56 - 71Publisher
American Orthopsychiatric AssociationLocation
New York, N.Y.Publisher DOI
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0002-9432eISSN
1939-0025Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2004, John Wiley and SonsUsage metrics
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