When Inequality Matters: The Effect of Inequality Frames on Academic Engagement

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 956-966

  Lowery, Brian S ^a   Wout, Daryl A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Education; Inequity; Self esteem; Social identity

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; CUES; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTIVATION; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954793898     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017926     Document Type: Article

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