Less negative = more positive? Social discrimination as avoidance or approach

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-58

  Sassenberg, Kai ^a   Kessler, Thomas ^a   Mummendey, Amélie ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Positive distinctiveness; Regulatory focus; Self regulation; Social discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037278816     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(02)00519-X     Document Type: Article

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