Attributions to discrimination and self-esteem: The role of group identification and appraisals

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-162

  Eccleston, Collette P ^a,b   Major, Brenda N ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisals of discrimination; Attributions to discrimination; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645467632     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430206062074     Document Type: Article

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