Ingroup identification and group-level narcissism as predictors of U.S. citizens' attitudes and behavior toward Arab immigrants

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1267-1280

  Lyons, Patricia A ^a   Kenworthy, Jared B ^a   Popan, Jason R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabs; group narcissism; ingroup identification; social identity

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NARCISSISM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANXIETY; ARABS; ATTITUDE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; NARCISSISM; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956247053     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210380604     Document Type: Article

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