Stereotype accuracy of ballet and modern dancers

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-48

  Clabaugh, Alison ^a   Morling, Beth ^a  

^a MUHLENBERG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballet dancers; Intergroup perception; Modern dancers; Stereotype accuracy; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642477713     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.144.1.31-48     Document Type: Article

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