Functions of attitudes towards ethnic groups: Effects of level of abstraction

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 441-449

  Watt, Susan E ^a   Maio, Gregory R ^b   Rees, Kerry ^b   Hewstone, Miles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude; Attitude functions; Motivation; Prejudice; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947719960     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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