Ethnic group identification and group evaluation among minority and majority groups: Testing the multiculturalism hypothesis

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-138

  Verkuyten, Maykel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; TURKEY;

EID: 12344261680     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.88.1.121     Document Type: Article

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