The perception of the other in international relations: Evidence for the polarizing effect of entitativity

Political Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 449-468

  Castano, Emanuele ^a   Sacchi, Simona ^b   Gries, Peter Hay ^c  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Entitativity; Image; Intergroup relations; International relations; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043033049     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00336     Document Type: Article

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