Cross-dimension-ambivalent in-group stereotypes: The moderating roles of social context of stereotype endorsement and in-group identification

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 543-554

  Costarelli, Sandro ^a   Callà, Rose Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross dimension ambivalence; In group identification; In group stereotypes; Intergroup relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 38149031805     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.147.5.543-555     Document Type: Article

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