Attitudes toward group-based inequality: Social dominance or social identity?

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-186

  Schmitt, Michael T ^a,b   Branscombe, Nyla R ^a   Kappen, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0141865640     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466603322127166     Document Type: Article

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