Discrimination and the positive-negative asymmetry effect: Ideological and normative processes

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 597-608

  Amiot, Catherine E ^a,b   Bourhis, Richard Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Ideology; Positive negative asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0037731670     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203029005005     Document Type: Review

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