From infra-humanization to discrimination: The mediation of symbolic threat needs egalitarian norms

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 336-344

  Pereira, Cícero ^a,b   Vala, Jorge ^a   Leyens, Jacques Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Infra humanization; Norms; Symbolic threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049087993     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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