Being similar versus being equal: Intergroup similarity moderates the influence of in-group norms on discrimination and prejudice

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-273

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; MIGRATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AFFECT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 67649097188     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466608X342943     Document Type: Article

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