Violating American values: A "value congruence" approach to understanding outgroup attitudes

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 387-410

  Biernat, Monica ^b   Vescio, Theresa K ^a   Theno, Shelley A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0030506065     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.1996.0018     Document Type: Article

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