Defensive Helping: Threat to Group Identity, Ingroup Identification, Status Stability, and Common Group Identity as Determinants of Intergroup Help-Giving

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 823-834

  Nadler, Arie ^a   Harpaz Gorodeisky, Gal ^b   Ben David, Yael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

common ingroup identity; defensive helping; dependency autonomy oriented help; status relations; threat to social identity

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 70449469497     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015968     Document Type: Article

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