Benefits of membership: The activation and amplification of group identities in response to social rejection

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1200-1213

  Knowles, Megan L ^a,b   Gardner, Wendi L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Belonging; Entitativity; Group membership; Social identity; Social rejection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; JUDGMENT; MALE; PAIN; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49149109130     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208320062     Document Type: Article

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