Collective self-esteem contingency and its role in predicting intergroup bias

Self and Identity

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-86

  Amiot, Catherine E ^a   Hornsey, Matthew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contingent self esteem; In group bias; Intergroup sensitivity effect; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249083547     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860802605895     Document Type: Article

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