Defensive reactions to group-relevant information

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-29

  Dietz Uhler, Beth ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Social identity; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010200442     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430299021002     Document Type: Article

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