Distancing oneself from negative attributes and the personal/group discrimination discrepancy

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 500-507

  Hodson, Gordon ^a   Esses, Victoria M ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Personal group discrimination discrepancy; Self identity; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036749683     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(02)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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