Gender subgroups and intergroup perception: Adolescents’ views of own-gender and other-gender groups

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-112

  Eckes, Thomas ^a   Trautner, Hanns M ^b   Behrendt, Regina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gender; Intergroup bias; Perceived group variability; Subgrouping

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 17844409098     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.145.1.85-112     Document Type: Article

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