Behavioural effects of automatic interpersonal versus intergroup social comparison

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 717-729

  Gordijn, Ernestine H ^a   Stapel, Diederik A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33846469433     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466605X79589     Document Type: Article

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