Group status, perceptions of threat, and support for social inequality

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 204-210

  Morrison, Kimberly Rios ^a   Fast, Nathanael J ^a   Ybarra, Oscar ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Group identification; Group status; Intergroup threat; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549090923     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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