Role of personal endorsement of outgroup members' distinctive values and need for cognitive closure in attitude towards the outgroup

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-62

  Guan, Yanjun ^a   Bond, Michael Harris ^a   Huang, Zheng ^b   Zhang, Zhiyong ^c   Deng, Hong ^c   Hu, Tian ^c   Gao, Haiyan ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Culture; Intergroup attitude; Need for cognitive closure; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649095355     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2008.01270.x     Document Type: Article

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