By whose standard? The affective implications of ethnic minorities' comparisons to ethnic minority and majority referents

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 747-760

  Leach, Colin Wayne ^a,c   Smith, Heather J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33749377861     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.315     Document Type: Article

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