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Aspects of Social Context as Determinants of Black Women's Resistance to Challenges
Author(s) -
Adams Kathrynn A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1983.tb00156.x
Subject(s) - race (biology) , resistance (ecology) , psychology , social psychology , context (archaeology) , social environment , social influence , developmental psychology , sociology , gender studies , social science , ecology , biology , paleontology
In the past, social psychological researchers have generally treated sex and race as independent status characteristics. The utility of this unidimensional model is questioned. Literature examining sex and race differences in status which then predict behavior (specifically resistance to influence) is reviewed to demonstrate the inadequacy of separating the effects of these characteristics. The importance of sex and race as both personal and contextual characteristics is then discussed.