Can ingroup affirmation relieve outgroup derogation?

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1395-1401

  McGregor, Ian ^a   Haji, Reeshma ^a   Kang, So Jin ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consensus; Groups; Meaning; Outgroup derogation; Personal need for structure; Personal uncertainty; Self affirmation

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749118212     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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