Use of retroactive pessimism as a method of coping with identity threat: The impact of group identification

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-450

  Wann, Daniel L ^a   Grieve, Frederick G ^b   Waddill, Paula J ^a   Martin, Jennifer ^a  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping with group threat; Group identification; Retroactive pessimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249106022     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430208095399     Document Type: Article

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