For and against: Perceived entitativity of supportive and oppositional opinion groups

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-37

  Askevis Leherpeux, Françoise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Lay theories of groups; Opinion groups; Perceived entitativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444433072     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430205048617     Document Type: Article

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