Conformity and identity threat the role of ingroup identification

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-87

  Falomir Pichastor, Juan M ^a   Gabarrot, Fabrice ^a   Mugny, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Counterconformity; Ingroup identification; Ingroup threat; Intergroup discrimination; Social influence; Xenophobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 66649116858     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.68.2.79     Document Type: Article

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