Endorsing a negative in-group stereotype as a self-protective strategy: Sacrificing the group to save the self

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-49

  Burkley, Melissa ^a   Blanton, Hart ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Self esteem; Self protective; Self stereotyping; Stereotypes; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448935241     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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