Beliefs about the Disconfirmability of Stereotypes: The Stereotype Disconfirmability Effect

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2630-2646

  Ybarra, Oscar ^a   Stephan, Walter G ^b   Schaberg, Linda ^a   Lawrence, Jason S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1142277579     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb02784.x     Document Type: Article

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