Increasing group entitativity: Linguistic intergroup discrimination in the minimal group paradigm

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 280-296

  Rubini, Monica ^a   Moscatelli, Silvia ^a   Palmonari, Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Group entitativity; Linguistic discrimination; Minimal groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247246134     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430207075156     Document Type: Article

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