Diversity in in-group bias: Structural factors, situational features, and social functions

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 944-960

  Scheepers, Daan ^a,b   Spears, Russell ^a,c   Doosje, Bertjan ^a   Manstead, Antony S R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination; In group bias; Motivation; Social identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 33746255596     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.90.6.944     Document Type: Article

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