Turning social identity threat into challenge: Status stability and cardiovascular reactivity during inter-group competition

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 228-233

  Scheepers, Daan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Challenge; Group status; Inter group relations; Motivation; Social identity; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549121811     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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