Relative deprivation, attitude contrast projection, and opinion certainty

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-114

  Holtz, Rolf ^a   Nihiser, Tañja H ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Attitude strength; Attitudes; Intergroup relations; Relative deprivation; Social projection

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149132153     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430207084848     Document Type: Article

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