Perceiving your group's future to be in Jeopardy: Extinction threat induces collective angst and the desire to strengthen the ingroup

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 898-910

  Wohl, Michael J A ^a   Branscombe, Nyla R ^b   Reysen, Stephen ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective angst; Extinction threat; French Canadian; Holocaust; Ingroup strengthening; Jewish; Social identity; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROWDING; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FRANCE; GROUP STRUCTURE; HOLOCAUST; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; MASS BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CANADA; FEAR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FRANCE; GROUP STRUCTURE; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; JEWS; MALE; MASS BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953933774     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210372505     Document Type: Article

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