Two forms of intergroup discrimination with positive and negative outcomes: Explaining the positive-negative asymmetry effect

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-34

  Gardham, Karen ^a   Brown, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PREJUDICE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 0035287915     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466601164678     Document Type: Article

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