Being "in" with the in-crowd: The effects of social exclusion and inclusion are enhanced by the perceived essentialism of ingroups and outgroups

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 999-1009

  Bernstein, Michael J ^a   Sacco, Donald F ^b   Young, Steven G ^b   Hugenberg, Kurt ^b   Cook, Eric ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Essentialism; Ingroup outgroup; Intergroup relations; Social exclusion; Threat

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STUDENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 77955301600     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210376059     Document Type: Article

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