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Current Research: Brenda N. Major Dr. Major's research addresses how people cope with prejudice, discrimination, devalued social identities, and stressful life events. She is particularly interested in psychological resilience -- the personality characteristics and cognitive, emotional, and behavioral strategies that enable people to maintain their sense of self-esteem and well-being and strive despite negative life events and adversity. The main focus of her current research is the psychology of stigmatization. Ongoing studies examine factors that affect people's likelihood of seeing themselves as targets of discrimination, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to perceived discrimination, and the implications of how people cope with discrimination for their psychological well-being. Her work has been funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Mental Health.
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