"I am us": Negative stereotypes as collective threats

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 566-582

  Cohen, Geoffrey L ^a   Garcia, Julio ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Racial identification; Social identity; Stereotype threat; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 27944474437     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.89.4.566     Document Type: Article

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