The social functions of ingroup bias: Creating, confirming, or changing social reality

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 359-396

  Scheepers, Daan ^a   Spears, Russell ^b,c   Doosje, Bertjan ^c   Manstead, Antony S R ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 68049110457     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10463280601088773     Document Type: Article

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