Us without them: Evidence for an intragroup origin of positive in-group regard

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 426-439

  Gaertner, Lowell ^a,d   Iuzzini, Jonathan ^a   Witt, Melissa Guerrero ^b   Oriña, M Minda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entitativity; In group favoritism; Intergroup relations; Intragroup relations; Metacontrast ratio

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 33745091752     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.90.3.426     Document Type: Article

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