Self and social identity

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2002, Pages 161-186

  Ellemers, Naomi ^a   Spears, Russell ^a   Doosje, Bertjan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Group commitment; Group distinctiveness; Identity functions; Identity threat; Social context

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EGO; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EGO; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0036407588     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.53.100901.135228     Document Type: Article

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