Beyond the Group Mind: A Quantitative Review of the Interindividual-Intergroup Discontinuity Effect

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 698-722

  Wildschut, Tim ^a   Pinter, Brad ^b   Vevea, Jack L ^c   Insko, Chester A ^d   Schopler, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEAR; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FEAR; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141652900     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.129.5.698     Document Type: Review

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