Comparisons and perceived deprivation in ethnic minority settings

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 467-482

  Zagefka, Hanna ^a   Brown, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic minority; Relative deprivation; Social comparison; Temporal comparison

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TURKEY;

EID: 15844397279     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204271711     Document Type: Article

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