Costs and benefits of political ideology: The case of economic self-stereotyping and stereotype threat

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 761-766

  Cheung, Rick M ^a   Hardin, Curtis D ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity; Ideology; Self; Self stereotyping; Stereotype threat; System justification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955571093     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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