Effects of threat to a valued social identity on implicit self-esteem and discrimination

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-197

  Smurda, Julie D ^a,b   Wittig, Michele M ^a   Gokalp, Gokce ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit self esteem; Intergroup bias; Intergroup discrimination; Self esteem hypothesis; Social identity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645464584     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430206062076     Document Type: Article

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