The carry-over effect of competition: The impact of competition on prejudice towards uninvolved outgroups

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 529-538

  Sassenberg, Kai ^a   Moskowitz, Gordon B ^b   Jacoby, Johann ^a   Hansen, Nina ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Mindset priming; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249674934     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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