Emotional prejudice, essentialism, and nationalism: The 2002 Tajfel Lecture

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 703-717

  Leyens, Jacques Philippe ^a   Cortes, Brezo ^a   Demoulin, Stéphanie ^a,b   Dovidio, John F ^c   Fiske, Susan T ^d   Gaunt, Ruth ^e   Paladino, Maria Paola ^f   Rodriguez Perez, Armando ^g   Rodriguez Torres, Ramon ^g   Vaes, Jeroen ^h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Geosciences   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 0344493991     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.170     Document Type: Article

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