The impact of thinking about group-based disadvantages or advantages on women's well-being: An experimental test of the rejection-identification model

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-222

  Redersdorff, Sandrine ^a,c   Martinot, Delphine ^a   Branscombe, Nyla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Gender identification; Gender occupational stereotypicality; Group based disadvantages; Rejection identification model; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042730532     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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