Effects of physical atypicality on children's social identities and intergroup attitudes

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 433-444

  Patterson, Meagan ^a   Bigler, Rebecca S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child attitudes; Ingroup; Intergroup dynamics; Messages; Outgroup; Social groups; Typicality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PEER PRESSURE; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 34548341845     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025407081472     Document Type: Article

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