Social identity and the true believer: Responses to threatened self-stereotypes among the intrinsically religious

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 257-278

  Burris, Christopher T ^a   Jackson, Lynne M ^b  

^a ST JEROME S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHRISTIANITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0347745083     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466600164462     Document Type: Article

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