Explaining the relationship between ingroup identification and intergroup bias following recategorization: A self-regulation theory analysis

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-261

  Turner, Rhiannon N ^a   Crisp, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Distinctiveness; Intergroup bias; Self discrepancy; Social identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649328446     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430209351702     Document Type: Article

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